Arsacius
Life and witness
At Mcomedia, of St. Arsacius, confessor, who being a soldier under Licinius the persecutor, left that employment, and became an hermit, and was so potent in working miracles, that he is said to have driven out devils by his prayers, as also to have killed a huge dragon; and finally, foretelling the destruction of that city, in prayer gave up his soul to God.
Biographical overview
Arsacius may refer to: Saint Arsatius or Arsacius Arsacius of Tarsus, the archbishop of Constantinople from 404 to 405. Arsacius (magister militum), Magister militum of the 5th century Arsacius of Nicomedia
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Nicomediae sancti Arsacii Confessoris, qui, sub Licinio persecutore, militia relicta, solitariam vitam ducens, tantis virtutibus claruit, ut et daemones expulisse et orando interemisse ingentem draconem legatur; denique, futuram civitatis cladem praenuntians, in oratione spiritum Deo reddidit.
