Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable Arsenius the Great
Also known as Arsenius of Scetis · Arsenius the Roman
A learned Roman, tutor in the imperial household, who fled the world to the desert of Scetis in Egypt, where he became a model of silence and stillness, weeping continually and counseling, 'Flee, be silent, be still.'
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Notes
Distinct from Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Caves.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints