Tag: Saint Anthony Abbot
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01 Painting, Religious Art, Francesco Guarino’s Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, with footnotes # 51
Sold for 40.625 USD in Jan 2011 The life of St Anthony Abbot was popularised during the thirteenth century by Jacopo da Voragine’s Golden Legend. Towards the end of his life, while on his way to visit St Paul the Hermit, who lived in the wilderness, St Anthony met a centaur who showed him the path…
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Cercle of Paul Bril; Saint Anthony Abbot before his field of crops 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 126
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…