Saint Arsenius
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- Memorial
- 19 July
- Profile
- Deacon.
Tutor to the sons of Emperor Theodosius the Great.
About 395 he left to live with the monks of Alexandria.
After the emperor's death, he retired to the wilderness of Scetis, and became a student of Saint John the Short.
Hermit, noted for his great austerity
- Died
- c.450 at Troë
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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