Anthony of the Desert, Saint

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• Anthony the Great — Infobox Saint name=Saint Anthony the Great birth date=ca.251 death date=356 feast day=January 17 (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy) January 30 = Tobi 22 (Coptic Church) venerated in=Anglicanism Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism Oriental… …   Wikipedia

• Anthony of Egypt, Saint — born 251, Koma, near al Minyā, Heptanomis, Egypt died Jan. 17?, 356, Dayr Mārī Antonios hermitage, near the Red Sea; feast day January 17 Egyptian hermit considered the founder of organized Christian monasticism. He began his practice of… …   Universalium

• Anthony — (251–356)    Christian saint credited as a founder of monasticism, famous for his temptations by the DEVIL and his DEMONs. Anthony means “inestimable.” Saint Anthony is also known as Anthony or Antony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, and Anthony… …   Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

• The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church — of Alexandria is the highest authority in the Church of Alexandria [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/nycodes/c103/a32.html Caselaw] ] and it formulates the rules and regulations regarding matters of church s organisation, faith, service s order. [ …   Wikipedia

• The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Paul the Hermit —     St. Paul the Hermit     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Paul the Hermit     There are three important versions of the Life of St. Paul:     (1) the Latin version (H) of St. Jerome;     (2) a Greek version (b), much shorter than the Latin;… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Saint Anthony — may refer to: People Anthony of Antioch (d. 302), Martyr under Diocletian. Feast day: January 9 Anthony the Great (c.251–356), Egyptian Christian saint and Desert Father. Feast day: January 17 or 30 Anthony the Hermit (c.468–c.520), also known as …   Wikipedia

• Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai — Saint Catherine Area * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country …   Wikipedia

• The opera corpus — is a list of nearly 2,500 works by more than 775 individual opera composers. Some of the works listed below are still being performed today   but many are not. The principal works of the major composers are given as well as those of historical… …   Wikipedia

• Saint Anthony's fire — Saint An·tho·ny s fire .sānt .an(t) thə nēz , chiefly Brit .an tə n any of several inflammatory or gangrenous conditions (as erysipelas or ergotism) of the skin Anthony Saint (ca 250 350) Egyptian monk. St. Anthony is regarded as the founder of… …   Medical dictionary