ARSENIUS. - Bishop of Orte, who lived in Rome in the 9th century, died at Benevento. Before entering the clergy he married and had two sons, who were Anastasius the Librarian and Eleutherius. He strongly supported the imperialist party, thereby seconding the vain ambitions of his son Anastasius, who wanted to become pope, and he stood by him also when the latter sought to seize the Vatican by force upon the death of Benedict III. Under Nicholas I he became apocrisiarius, and in that capacity he seems to have been in France. He was appointed imperial vicar at Rome. His power, already very great under Nicholas I, increased under Adrian II, but following a new intrigue, in favor this time of his son Eleutherius, he was forced to flee to Benevento.
BibliographyL. Duchesne, Les premiers temps de l'Etat pontifical, 3rd ed., Paris 1911, p. 224 ff.
BIBL.: L. Duchesne, Les premiers temps de l'Etat pontifical, 3rd ed., Paris 1911, p. 224 ff.
Santovito, Emma. “Arsenio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 26–27. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/arsenio.
MLA
Santovito, Emma. “Arsenio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 26–27. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/arsenio.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_arsenio,
author = {Santovito, Emma},
title = {Arsenio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {26--27},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/arsenio}
}
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