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St. Arsenius the Great Feastday: July 19 Death: 450 Catholic Online Logo HomeSaints & AngelsSt. Arsenius the Great St. Arsenius the Great Extended BioVideoComments Short Cuts Image of St. Arsenius the Great Facts Feastday: July 19 Death: 450 Confessor and hermit on the Nile. Arsenius, who was born in Rome in 354, was the tutor of the children of Emperors Theodosius I the Great, Arcadius, and Honorius. At that time, Arsenius was a Roman deacon recommended for the office by Pope St. Damasus. lie served at Theodosius court in Constantinople for about ten years and then became a monk in Alexandria, Egypt. Inheriting a fortune from a relative, Arsenius studied with St. John the Dwarf and became a hermit in the desert of Egypt. In 434, he left Skete and went to the rock of Troe, near Memphis, Egypt, and to the island of Canopus near Alexandria. He died at Troe. Arsenius is sometimes called the Roman or the Deacon.
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