Arsenius

Arsenius (Latinized form) and Arsenios (Greek form) is a male first name. It is derived from the Greek word arsenikos (ἀρσενικός), meaning "male", "virile".[1]

It may refer to:

  • Saint Arsenius the Great (c. 350 – 445), also known as Arsenius the Deacon, Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, and Arsenius the Roman
  • Saint Arsenius of Corfu, first bishop of Corfu, (d. 800 AD or perhaps 959 AD) one of the principal patron saints of Corfu
  • Patriarch Arsenius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria from 1000 to 1010
  • Arsenius Autorianus (died 1273), Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Arsenius Apostolius (c. 1468 – 1538), Greek scholar and Bishop of Monemvasia
  • Gualterus Arsenius (? – c. 1580), instrument maker
  • Arsenius Walsh (1804 – 1869), Irish Catholic missionary in Hawaii
  • Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian (1840-1924), god father and spiritual father of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
  • Arsenius Stadnitsky (1862 – 1936), Archbishop and then Metropolitan of Novgorod from 1910 to 1933

Variants

References

  1. "Arsenic", in Online Etymological Dictionary
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