Arsenius the Great

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Arsenius the Great was a renowned 4th–5th century Christian monk and Desert Father, celebrated for his asceticism, wisdom, and influential role in early monasticism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arsenius the Great canonical 4
Saint Arsenius the Great 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk ⓘ
hermit ⓘ
saint ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 350 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 445 ⓘ
describedBySource Apophthegmata Patrum ⓘ
Palladius of Helenopolis ⓘ
educatedAt Rome ⓘ
era 4th century ⓘ
5th century ⓘ
feastDay July 19 ⓘ
May 10 ⓘ
May 8 ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
knownForQuote “Many times have I repented of having spoken, but never have I repented of having remained silent.” ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement Christian monasticism ⓘ
Desert Fathers ⓘ
notableFor asceticism ⓘ
influence on early Christian monasticism ⓘ
silence and solitude ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
occupation deacon ⓘ
monk ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
partOf Sayings of the Desert Fathers tradition ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath Egypt ⓘ
Scetis ⓘ
positionHeld tutor of Arcadius and Honorius ⓘ
tutor of the imperial princes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ
residence Egyptian desert ⓘ
Nitrian Desert ⓘ
Scetis ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spiritualDiscipline hesychia (inner stillness) ⓘ
night-long prayer ⓘ
strict fasting ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
workLocation Constantinople ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Scetis ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadi El Natrun → associatedWithSaint → Arsenius the Great ⓘ
Scetis → hasResident → Arsenius the Great ⓘ
Wadi Natrun monasteries → associatedWithSaint → Saint Arsenius the Great ⓘ
linked to: Arsenius the Great
Sketis → hasNotableResident → Arsenius the Great ⓘ
Desert Fathers and Mothers → hasNotableMember → Arsenius the Great ⓘ