St. Anthony 2025

St. Anthony

On his Jan. 17 feast day, both Eastern and Western Catholics celebrate the life and legacy of St. Anthony of Egypt, the founder of Christian monasticism whose radical approach to discipleship permanently impacted the Church. Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar.
In Egypt's Coptic Catholic and Orthodox Churches, which have a special devotion to the native saint, his feast day is celebrated on Jan. 30.

Some of the stories included in Anthony's biography are perpetuated now mostly in paintings, where they give an opportunity for artists to depict their more lurid or bizarre interpretations. Many artists, including

Saint Anthony Tempted by a Heap of Gold, 1435, by Osservanza Triptych

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1487–1488, by the young Michelangelo

The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1512-1516, by Matthias Grünewald

The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1650, by Joos van Craesbeeck

Triptych of Temptation of St. Anthony, 1501, by Hieronymus Bosch

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1500-1510, by Hieronymus Bosch

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1500-1525, by Hieronymus Bosch

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1598-1600, by Annibale Carracci

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1945, by Max Ernst

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1946, by Salvador Dali

The Relics of Saint Anthony the Great reached to the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony (who specialized in nursing the victims of skin diseases), founded in 1095 as the result of miraculous cures from St. Anthony's Fire ascribed to the relics.

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