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Arsenius of Corfu
Greek saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
959
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Corfu in Greece, Saint Arsenius, bishop, a wise shepherd of his flock and assiduous in night prayer.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 19 January as a bishop of Corfu assiduous in night prayer.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2864494 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Arsenius of Corfu (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.