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The Life of St. Anthony
St. Anthony the Great · image, public domain
A young Egyptian hears the Gospel in church, gives away everything he owns and goes out into the desert. Anthony becomes the father of monks, and people come from everywhere to ask his counsel.
Athanasius knew him personally, and his account set the pattern for every life of a saint written after it.
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About this edition
Translated by H. Ellershaw, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 4 (1892).
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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