St Antony The Abbot (painting)
Saint Anthony Abbot or Anthony the Great was an Egyptian Christian saint of the 3rd–4th centuries, one of the Desert Fathers. ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' may also refer to: *Saint Anthony Abbot (Correggio), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Correggio), a painting of c. 1517–1518 by Correggio *Saint Anthony Abbot (Pontormo), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Pontormo), a painting of c. 1519 by Pontormo *Saint Anthony Abbot (Moretto), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Moretto), a painting of 1530–1534 by Moretto da Brescia *Saint Anthony Abbot (Preti), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Preti), a painting of c. 1628 by Mattia Preti See also

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Anthony The Great
Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as , by various epithets: , , , , , and . For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the . His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar. The biography of Anthony's life by Athanasius of Alexandria helped to spread the concept of Christian monasticism, particularly in Western Europe via its Latin translations. He is often erroneously considered the first Christian monk, but as his biography and other sources make clear, there were many ascetics before him. Anthony was, however, among the first known to go into the wilderness (about AD 270), whic ...
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