Anthony the Great
Egyptian Christian monk, hermit, and saint (died 356) · Egypt · Writers · Lived 251 to 357 · aged 106
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Something wrong?A third-century Egyptian hermit who walked into the desert around 270 and became the template for Christian monasticism. His biography spread the idea across Europe, and his reported battles with demons in the wilderness gave painters and writers their favorite ascetic nightmare for centuries.
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, If we would despise the enemy, our thoughts must always be of God and our souls always glad with hope.
To one whose mind is sound, letters are needless.
To those who have an active belief, reasoned proofs are needless and probably useless.
About this person
Anthony was born around 251 in Egypt. Around 270, he left for the wilderness - not the first ascetic, but among the first to go that remote, and the move made him famous. He lived as a hermit in the Eastern Desert, where accounts say he endured supernatural temptations that would later populate countless paintings and stories. Athanasius of Alexandria wrote his biography, and the Latin translations carried the concept of Christian monasticism into Western Europe. Anthony died on 17 January 356, over a century old. He's now called the Father of All Monks, and his name stuck to a host of skin diseases once known as Saint Anthony's fire.
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