The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Arsenios the Great, ascetic of Sketis and Turah, ob. c. 445

Saint ID

S01693

Number in BH

BHG 168-169
BHL 715

Reported Death Not Before

440

Reported Death Not After

450

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Ascetics/monks/nuns

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E03733	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 8 May John (Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), and Job (Old Testament patriarch, S01191), *Arsenios the Great (ascetic of Sketis and Turah, ob. c. 445, S01693).
E05582	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 19 July of *Arsenius (the Great, ascetic of Sketis and Turah, ob. c. 445, S01693). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06468	Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry
E07036	The Greek Life of *Arsenios (ascetic of Sketis and Turah, ob. c. 445, S01693) recounts the life and ascetic virtues of its hero. He instructed his disciples not to distribute alms or a memorial meal (agape) for his soul, and not to let anyone take his remains. Written presumably in Egypt, some time during Late Antiquity.
E08008	The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5895) mentions the ascetic career and miracles of *Arsenios the Great (ascetic of Sketis and Turah, ob. c. 445, S01693). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.