Saint Arsenius the Deacon sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers whose teachings were greatly influential on the development of asceticism and the contemplative life.His contemporaries so admired him as to surname him the Great.
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birth place
Rome
death place
Trøe, Egypt
title
the Deacon the Roman the Great
venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church
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