Arsenius Archbishop of Kerkyra

Arsenius, Archbishop of Corfu, also called Arsenius of Kerkyra, was a hierarch, hymnographer, and spiritual writer of the ninth and tenth centuries. He is commemorated on January 19.

By the accounts he was a native of Palestine, born at Bethany near Jerusalem, and entered the monastic life as a young man, completing his studies at Seleucia before his ordination to the priesthood. He served for a time in Constantinople, where he was esteemed by the patriarch.

He was appointed bishop of Corfu, and when the see was raised to the rank of an archdiocese he became its first archbishop. By the accounts the island withstood a Saracen attack during his episcopate, under his leadership.