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".

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, (died c. 959) one of the principal patron saints of Corfu
• Patriarch Arsenius of Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria from 1000 to 1010
• Saint Arsenius of Latros, (c. 8th–11th century), feast day December 13
• Saint Arsenije Sremac (died 1266), archbishop of Serbia
• Arsenius Autoreianos (died 1273), patriarch of Constantinople
• Saint Arsenius of Tver (died 1409), bishop of Tver, feast day March 2
• Saint Arsenius of Konevits (died 1447), founder of Konevits Monastery, feast day June 12
• Arsenije II, patriarch of Serbia 1457–1463
• Arsenius Apostolius (c. 1468 – 1538), Greek scholar and Bishop of Monemvasia
• Gualterus Arsenius (c. 1530 – c. 1580), instrument maker
• Saint Arsenius of Suzdal (died 1627), archbishop of Suzdal, feast day April 29
• Arsenije III Crnojević (1633–1706), patriarch of Serbia
• Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (1698–1748), patriarch of Serbia
• Arsenius Walsh (1804–1869), Irish Catholic missionary in Hawaii
• Saint Arsenius of Paros (1800–1877), feast day January 31
• 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
• Arsenios the Cave Dweller (1886–1983), Greek Orthodox monk and elder at Mount Athos
• Arsenius Heikkinen (born 1957), Bishop of Joensuu of the Orthodox Church of Finland
• Arsenios Kardamakis (born 1973), Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Austria

Variants

• Armenian: Arsen
• Georgian: Arsen
• French: Arsène
• Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Arsenio
• Kazakh: Arsen
• Macedonian: Arsen
• Polish: Arseniusz
• Romanian: Arsenie
• Russian: Arseny (Russian: Арсений, also transliterated as Arseni, Arseniy, Arsenij, Arsenii). The Russian surname Arsenyev is derived from it. The older form of this name is Arsentiy (Арсентий)
• Serbian and other South Slavic languages: Arsenije and diminutives Arsen, Arsa
• Lithuanian: Arsenijus
• Hungarian: Arzén