Desert Fathers and Mothers

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Christian ascetics Christian hermits Christian monastics religious movement

The Desert Fathers and Mothers were early Christian hermits and ascetics, primarily in the Egyptian desert, whose radical lives of prayer, solitude, and simplicity laid the foundations for Christian monasticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ascetics ⓘ
Christian hermits ⓘ
Christian monastics ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
coreTheme detachment from the world ⓘ
discernment ⓘ
humility ⓘ
inner stillness ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn Apophthegmata Patrum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Historia Monachorum in Aegypto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lausiac History NERFINISHED ⓘ
Life of Anthony NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime early Middle Ages ⓘ
floruit 4th century ⓘ
hasLanguage Coptic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Amma Matrona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amma Theodora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anthony the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arsenius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Evagrius Ponticus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hilarion the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cassian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macarius of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macarius of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melania the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melania the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moses the Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pachomius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poemen the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah of the Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syncletica of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPractices asceticism ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
contemplative prayer ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
manual labor ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
unceasing prayer ⓘ
influenced Benedictine monasticism ⓘ
Christian monasticism ⓘ
Coptic monasticism ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ
Rule of Saint Benedict NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Christian spirituality ⓘ
hesychasm NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy foundation of Christian monastic tradition ⓘ
mainRegionOfActivity Egyptian desert ⓘ
Kellia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nitria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestinian desert ⓘ
Scetes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
movementCharacteristics cenobitic monasticism ⓘ
eremitic monasticism ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
startTime 3rd century ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (5)

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

Syncletica of Alexandria → associatedWith → Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
Amma Sarah → category → Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
Amma Sarah → movement → Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
Amma Theodora → movement → Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ
Theodora of Alexandria → movement → Desert Fathers and Mothers ⓘ