Life of Antony
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Life of Antony is a seminal early Christian hagiography that portrays the ascetic life and spiritual struggles of Saint Anthony the Great, helping to popularize monasticism throughout the Christian world.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Life of Demetrius | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian text
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biographical work ⓘ hagiography ⓘ late antique literature ⓘ |
| about | Anthony the Great ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 360 ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| author | Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | classic of Christian spirituality ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in late antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
Anthony the Great
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surface form:
Anthony the Great as a model monk
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| featuresTheme |
asceticism
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imitation of Christ ⓘ prayer and fasting ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ withdrawal from the world ⓘ |
| genre | hagiography ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anthony the Great
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Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ demons ⓘ various monks ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine hagiography
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Christian monasticism ⓘ Eastern monasticism ⓘ Latin hagiography ⓘ Western monasticism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Christians seeking spiritual edification ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Anthony the Great ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| portrays |
ascetic life
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demonic temptations ⓘ desert monasticism ⓘ spiritual struggles ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| setting |
Egyptian desert
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Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Egypt
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| significance |
helped popularize monasticism throughout the Christian world
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seminal work of early Christian hagiography ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
3rd century
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4th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Armenian
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Coptic ⓘ Georgian language ⓘ
surface form:
Georgian
Latin ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
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Life of Demetrius