Anthony the Great, who had retired to the Egyptian Thebaid during the persecution of Maximian, AD 312, was the most celebrated among them for his austerities, his sanctity, and his power as an exorcist.

While still a deacon under Alexander's care, he seems to have been brought for a while into close relations with some of the solitaries of the Egyptian desert, and in particular with the Anthony the Great, whose life he is said to have written.

Arguably his most read work is his biography of Anthony the Great entitled Vita Antonii, or Life of Antony.

Anthony the Great or Antony the Great ( ca.

On this spot now stands the monastery of Saint Anthony the Great.

His biography was written by Saint Athanasius and titled Life of Saint Anthony the Great.

Jerome's version of the Life of St Anthony the Great, the hermit monk of Egypt, written by Athanasius of Alexandria, was widely disseminated in the Middle Ages ; it relates Anthony's encounter with a centaur, who challenged the saint but was forced to admit that the old gods had been overthrown.

This was the beginning of the monastic movement, which was organized by Anthony the Great, Saint Paul, the world's first anchorite, Saint Macarius the Great and Saint Pachomius the Cenobite in the 4th century.

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** Anthony the Great ( Roman Catholic and Eastern ( Byzantine ) Catholic Church )

At the Catechetical School of Alexandria, Jerome listened to the catechist Didymus the Blind expounding the prophet Hosea and telling his reminiscences of Anthony the Great, who had died 30 years before ; he spent some time in Nitria, admiring the disciplined community life of the numerous inhabitants of that " city of the Lord ," but detecting even there " concealed serpents ," i. e., the influence of Origen of Alexandria.

The inscription supposedly commemorated the execution of Aristocrates of Arcadia, who had betrayed the Messenian hero Aristomenes at the battle of the Great Trench .< ref > Paul Anthony Cartledge " Aristomenes ( 1 )" The Oxford Classical Dictionary.

The Monastery of Saint Anthony in Egypt, built over the tomb of Anthony the Great | Saint Anthony, the " Father of Christian Monasticism ".

Saint Anthony the Great is cited by Athanasius as one of these early " Hermit monks ".

Under the great inspiration of Saint Anthony the Great ( 251-356 ), ascetic monks led by Saint Pachomius ( 286-346 ) formed the first Christian monastic communities under what became known as an Abbot, from the Aramaic abba ( father ).

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* Anthony the Great, Christian saint

Anthony the Great

* Anthony the Great dies at his hermitage near the Red Sea in mid-January at age 103 ( approximate ), having preached against Arianism and tried to codify guidelines for monastic life.

It is said that the method of tying the prayer rope had its origins from the Father of Orthodox Monasticism, Saint Anthony the Great.

251 – 356 ), also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes, Abba Antonius ( Ἀββᾶς Ἀντώνιος ), and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers.

Taking these words quite literally, Anthony gave away some of the family estate to his neighbors, sold the remaining property, donated the funds thus raised to the poor, placed his sister with a group of Christian virgins, a sort of proto-monastery of nuns, and himself became the disciple of a local hermit.

According to Athanasius, the devil fought St. Anthony by afflicting him with boredom, laziness, and the phantoms of women, which he overcame by the power of prayer, providing a theme for Christian art.

Anthony went to the Fayyum and confirmed the brethren there in the Christian faith, then returned to his old Roman fort.

In 1923, Danish and Dutch scientists Christian Christiansen and Hendrik Anthony Kramers, in an analysis of formation of polymers, pointed out that such a chain reaction need not start with a molecule excited by light, but could also start with two molecules colliding violently in the traditional way classically previously proposed for initiation of chemical reactions, by van't Hoff.

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* Monastery of Saint Anthony, one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world.

* 1945 – Anthony Christian, English artist

Several of the Christian images carved on various stones, such as David the harpist, David and the lion, or scenes of St Paul and St Anthony meeting in the desert, have been influenced by the Insular manuscript tradition.

As she got older, Anthony continued to move further away from organized religion in general, and she was later chastised by various Christian religious groups for displaying irreligious tendencies.

According to tradition, Christian monasticism began in Egypt with St. Anthony.

According to the UNESCO report ( 60100 ha / Ref: 954 ) and website hereunder, this monastery has been called the oldest working Christian monastery in the world – although the Monastery of Saint Anthony, situated across the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, also lays claim to that title.

On September 30, 1834 Semper obtained a post as Professor of Architecture at the Königlichen Akademie der bildenden Künste ( today called the Hochschule ) in Dresden thanks largely to the efforts and support of his former teacher Franz Christian Gau and swore an oath of allegiance to the King ( formerly Elector ) of Saxony, Anthony Clement.

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* July 5 – St Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint ( b. 1502 )

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Saint Anthony is known in Portugal, Spain, and Brazil as a marriage saint, because there are legends of him reconciling couples.

Tamil Nadu Christians have great reverence for Saint Anthony and he is a popular saint there, where he is called " The Miracle Saint ".

In Beowulf, the titular character battles against Grendel and his mother, while the saint, such as Athanasius ’ Anthony ( one of the original sources for the hagiographic motif ) or the character of Guthlac, battles against figures no less substantial in a spiritual sense.

Named after the Catholic saint Anthony of Padua, the falls is the birthplace of the former city of St. Anthony and to Minneapolis when the two cities joined in 1872 to fully use its economic power for milling operations.

Hennepin named them the Chutes de Saint-Antoine or the Falls of Saint Anthony after his patron saint, Anthony of Padua.

As St Anthony is the matchmaker saint, it is still the tradition in Lisbon to celebrate multiple marriages ( 200 to 300 ) and still following the tradition, if you are attracted to someone, one can declare himself in the heat of the festivities by offering to the loved person a manjerico ( a flower-pot with a sweet basil plant ) and a love poem.

* Anthony the Great ( c. 251 – 356 ), Egyptian Christian saint and Desert Father.

On the left aisle, there is the tomb of the Bishop of Lecce Archbishop Francesco Minerva ( 1904 – 2004 ) following three chapels: one containing the relics, chalices, crucifixes, and a silver bust of the saint enclosed by an iron grating, and the other dedicated to St. Anthony ( but with canvas representing St. Francis of Assisi ), the third devoted to St. Anne.

* Anthony the Great, also known as Antony ( c251-356 ), Egyptian saint