| LC control no. | n 50030399 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 |
| Variant(s) | Anbā Anṭūnīyūs, approximately 250-355 or 356 Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, ca. 250-355 or 6 Anthony the Abbot, approximately 250-355 or 356 Anthony, the Great, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Anthony, the Hermit, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antoine, le Grand, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antoine, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antoniĭ Velikiĭ, Svi︠a︡toi, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antonio, Saint, Abbot, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antonius, der Eremit, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antonius Magnus, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antonius, the Great, Saint Antonius, the Great, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antony, Saint, Abbot, approximately 250-355 or 356 Antony, the Great, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 Qiddīs Anṭūnīyūs, approximately 250-355 or 356 قديس مصر أنطونيوس Anton, Mets, Surb, approximately 250-355 or 356 |
| Associated country | Egypt |
| Birth date | 0250~ |
| Death date | [0355,0356] |
| Place of birth | Egypt |
| Affiliation | Catholic Church Orthodox Eastern Church Coptic Church |
| Profession or occupation | Monks Hermits |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Hello, C. Saint Antoine, le Grand, 1873. Encycl. Brit., 1977 (Anthony of Egypt, Saint, c250-355) Encycl. Amer., 1978 (Anthony, Saint, c250-356) New Cath. Encycl. (Anthony of Egypt, St.) Lupinetti, D. Sant'Antonio abate, 1960: t.p. (Sant'Antonio abate) Abt-Baechi, R. Der Heilige und das Schwein, 1983: t.p. (Antonius des Eremiten) Rasāʼil al-Qiddīs Anṭūnīyūs al-ʻishrūn, 2001. Google search, 2006-03-14 (Anthony the Abbot; b. 251 in Egypt; d. 356) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Anthony, the Great; anchoritic monk; born c. BCE 251 in Egypt; his final retreat was to a remote mountain in the inner desert, to the southeast of the Nile Delta and a short distance from the Red Sea; other monks, acolytes, clergymen, and petitioning villagers continued to seek him out for guidance; became the most famous anchorite of Late Antiquity; traveled to Alexandria to support the Christians who had been jailed; he was unique in combining the concept of the village holy person with the idea of desert retreat from the Old and New Testaments; his example influenced the establishment of cenobitic monastic institutions in the upper Nile valley; refused ordination and an invitation to visit the emperor Constantius; his feast days are 17 January in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and 30 January in the Coptic Church; died B.C.E.0356) Khratner, 2017: title page (Surb Anton Mets) |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85005539 |
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