The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Antony of Egypt
Also known as Saint Antony, Anthony, Antony the Great
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 160
He bears the marks of one who has chosen the hardest path, his body shaped by years of desert solitude. There is something both fierce and gentle in his weathered presence.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- 105 years at death
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 160
- Books
- 1
Antony of Egypt began as an illiterate youth from the lower regions of Thebais who distributed his inheritance and retreated to the desert. Through decades of monastic discipline, he became the founder of Christian monasticism, living to the age of one hundred and five in his mountain monastery near the Red Sea.
Description
Antony of Egypt appears as an elderly monk whose body shows the effects of a century of desert life. His simple robes and weathered features reflect both his humble origins and his spiritual authority among the early Christian communities.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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