Lived: 350-445
Feast Day: July 19th
Pope Blessed Under:Under Research (????)
Son of a rich
Roman Senator, Arsenius forsake
wealth after the death of his
parents, choosing a more ascetic lifestyle instead. After several years of teaching, he felt a call to
solitude and
prayer. After running from
civilization, he took quickly to monastic life, and the
Brothers accepted him immediately. He took careful pains not to become bogged in trivial details, but rather focus on the "
essence" of God. He is famous for his
tears, which he shed for his own
sins and the pain of the entire
world. He also lived in extreme isolation, saying "I have always something to repent for after having talked, but have never been sorry for having been silent" as his only reply to visitors, including a
Pope.
Source(s): stathanasius.miss.on.coptorthodox.ca(excellent well-done source on Agnellus)
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