Saint Anthony Abbot

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Saint Anthony Abbot is a Christian monk and early Desert Father venerated as the patron saint of animals and those suffering from skin diseases, often depicted resisting demonic temptations.

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Saint Anthony 1
St Anthony 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk
Christian saint
anchorite
hermit
associatedWork Life of Anthony by Athanasius of Alexandria NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 251
birthPlace Coma, Egypt NERFINISHED
Roman Egypt NERFINISHED
deathDate c. 356
deathPlace Mount Colzim, Egypt NERFINISHED
feastDay 17 January (Western Christianity)
30 January (some Eastern traditions)
iconography depicted as an aged bearded monk
depicted being tempted by demons
depicted with a T-shaped tau cross
depicted with a bell
depicted with a pig or boar
influenced Athanasius of Alexandria NERFINISHED
Christian monasticism
Desert Fathers NERFINISHED
Pachomius the Great NERFINISHED
knownFor early Christian monasticism
inspiring the Desert Fathers movement
life of asceticism in the Egyptian desert
resisting demonic temptations
languageContext Coptic Christian tradition
livedIn Egyptian desert NERFINISHED
movement Desert monasticism NERFINISHED
name Anthony of Egypt NERFINISHED
Anthony of the Desert NERFINISHED
Anthony the Great NERFINISHED
Saint Anthony the Abbot NERFINISHED
patronage animals
basket makers
butchers
domestic animals
gravediggers
swineherds
those suffering from ergotism
those suffering from skin diseases
religion Christianity
title Father of All Monks
Father of Monks
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran Churches NERFINISHED
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Isenheim Altarpiece depicts Saint Anthony Abbot
Rue Saint-Antoine namedAfter Saint Anthony Abbot
this entity surface form: Saint Anthony
Alkham parishChurchDedicatedTo Saint Anthony Abbot
this entity surface form: St Anthony