Tag: Anthony Abbot
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1 Religious Icon, Bartolo di Fredi’s Saint Anthony Abbot, with footnotes #14
Saint Anthony or Antony (251–356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony by various epithets: Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers…