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Also Known As Arsenius of Rome
Born c.354 • Rome • Italy
Died c.455 • Egypt
Subjects Of Study asceticism • monasticism
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bishop of Caesarea
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Saint Nilus of Ancyra
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Galatian monk, bishop, and chronicler
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
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Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
St. Ambrose
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bishop of Milan
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monk
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John Moschus
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Origen
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St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Cyprian
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St. Gregory of Nazianzus
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St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
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St. Irenaeus
bishop of Lyon
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
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