Of Anthony the Monk.
Of Anthony the Monk.
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Of Anthony the Monk.

Chapter XXI.—Of Anthony the Monk.

What sort of a man the monk Anthony was, who lived in the same age, in the Egyptian desert, and how he openly contended with devils, clearly detecting their devices and wily modes of warfare, and how he performed many miracles, it would be superfluous for us to say; for Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, has anticipated us, having devoted an entire book to his biography. 227 Of such good men there was a large number at one time during the years of the Emperor Constantine.

Footnotes
  1. 25:227

    Athanasius’ Life of Anthony is included in the editions of his works, such as the Benedictine (1698), that of Padua (1777). On Anthony, see also Soz. I. 3; II. 31, 34.

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