Desert Fathers

E7979

Christian monastic movement group of Christian hermits group of Christian monks

The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits and monks, primarily in the Egyptian desert, whose ascetic lives and spiritual teachings profoundly shaped Christian monasticism and mystical theology.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Desert Fathers canonical	23
Sayings of the Desert Fathers	4
Desert Fathers tradition	3
Egyptian Desert Fathers	2
Desert Fathers movement	1
Desert monasticism	1
Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monastic movement ⓘ group of Christian hermits ⓘ group of Christian monks ⓘ
associatedWith	anchoritic monasticism ⓘ cenobitic monasticism ⓘ lavra monasticism ⓘ
country	Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
emergedAfter	Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ
historicalContext	Late Antiquity ⓘ
influenced	Celtic monasticism ⓘ Christian monasticism ⓘ Christian mystical theology ⓘ Christian spirituality ⓘ Desert Mothers ⓘ Eastern Christian monasticism ⓘ Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ Western Christian monasticism ⓘ Philokalia ⓘ surface form: hesychasm
language	Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legacyDocumentedBy	John Cassian ⓘ Palladius of Helenopolis ⓘ Rufinus of Aquileia ⓘ
location	Egyptian desert ⓘ Kellia ⓘ Nitria ⓘ Scetes ⓘ
mainActivity	asceticism ⓘ contemplative prayer ⓘ eremitic monasticism ⓘ
notableMember	Anthony the Great ⓘ Macarius of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Arsenius the Great Evagrius Ponticus ⓘ John Cassian ⓘ Macarius of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Macarius of Alexandria Macarius of Egypt ⓘ Moses the Black ⓘ Anthony the Great ⓘ surface form: Pachomius the Great Poemen the Great ⓘ Shenoute of Atripe ⓘ
practiced	chastity ⓘ fasting ⓘ manual labor ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ solitary life ⓘ unceasing prayer ⓘ
produced	Philokalia ⓘ surface form: Apophthegmata Patrum
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sourceFor	Desert Fathers self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
spiritualFocus	discernment of thoughts ⓘ humility ⓘ inner stillness ⓘ repentance ⓘ
timePeriod	3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church Fathers → subgroup → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Desert Fathers → sourceFor → Desert Fathers self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

Jesus Prayer → recommendedBy → Desert Fathers ⓘ

St. Isaac the Syrian → influencedBy → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Scetes → tradition → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Scetes → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desert Fathers movement

Nitria → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Kellia → religiousOrder → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Kellia → partOf → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desert Fathers tradition

hesychast tradition → influencedBy → Desert Fathers ⓘ

hesychast tradition → textualSource → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

John Cassian → influencedBy → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Desert Fathers

Desert Mothers → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Moses the Black → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

Poemen the Great → partOf → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Palladius of Helenopolis → describes → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Thebaid → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Mark the Hermit → movement → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desert monasticism

Mark the Hermit → category → Desert Fathers ⓘ

La tentation de Saint Antoine → religiousContext → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Desert Fathers tradition

Silence and Honey Cakes → subject → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Scetis → knownFor → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Scetis → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sayings of the Desert Fathers

Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Nitrian Desert monastic center → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Desert Fathers

Lausiac History → describes → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Historia Monachorum in Aegypto → associatedWithMovement → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Paromeos Monastery → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Nitrian Desert → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Melania the Elder → notableAssociate → Desert Fathers ⓘ

Amma Theodora → associatedWith → Desert Fathers ⓘ

lectio divina → influencedBy → Desert Fathers ⓘ

abba → usedIn → Desert Fathers ⓘ

subject surface form: Abba

this entity surface form: Desert Fathers tradition