Arsenius the Great
Arsenius (* around 354 in Rome , † around 450 in Troë near Memphis , Egypt) was one of the desert fathers .
He is sometimes referred to as Saint Arsenius the Deacon, Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, and Arsenius of the Romans.
He came from a Roman Senator sex and by Pope I. Damasus to deacon ordained. Allegedly he was appointed in 383 by Emperor Theodosius the Great as a teacher for his sons Arcadius and Honorius in Constantinople . Around 395 he renounced court life and went to Egypt, where he became a pupil of John the dwarf . He lived in various deserts for over fifty years, the longest in the Sketian Desert , and died in the reputation of holiness.
It is uncertain whether the two writings Doctrina et exhoratio and In nomine tentorum were written by him or by another monk named Arsenius. 44 proverbs (so-called apophthegmata ) have been handed down from him and about him .
His feast is celebrated in the Greek Orthodox Church on May 8th and in the Roman Catholic Church on July 19th.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Arsenius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 248.
- Adolf Jülicher : Arsenios 2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 1273.
Web links
- Article by St. Arsenius in the Catholic Encyclopedia (in English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arsenius the Great |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Desert father |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 354 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 450 |
| Place of death | Troë near Memphis , Egypt |