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Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he…
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culture · Egyptian Christian monk and hermit (died 356) · Christian monk · anchorite · writer · also Anthony the Great, Saint Anthony Abbot, St. Anthony the Great, Antonius abbas, Saint Anthony of Egypt, the Great, Saint Antony
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s declaration, the silver vanished. Soon, after walking some more in that desert, he found a pile of gold coins that was also a temptation from the devil. Anthony cast the gold into a fire, and the gold coins immediately disappeared just like the silver ones. After these two events, he had a vision where the whole world was covered with snares and traps. Anthony prayed saying,
“s declaration, the silver vanished. Soon, after walking some more in that desert, he found a pile of gold coins that was also a temptation from the devil. Anthony cast the gold into a fire, and the gold coins immediately disappeared just like the silver ones. After these two events, he had a vision where the whole world was covered with snares and traps. Anthony prayed saying,”
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