Saint Anthony Abbot
about 1365-70, Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
This painting is part of the group: The Littleton Pilaster Saints
On loan from the Rector and Churchwardens of St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton, © St Mary Magdalene Church, Littleton
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Saint Anthony Abbot is regarded as the founder of monasticism in the West. He was born in Egypt in about 251, and died in the year 356.
He organised hermits into loosely associated communities, but spent much of his life in solitude when he endured physical and spiritual temptations. The austerity and wisdom of his life is recorded in a biography of him written by Saint Athanasius.
Other paintings in this group: The Littleton Pilaster Saints
Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
about 1365-70
Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
about 1365-70
Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
about 1365-70
Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
about 1365-70
Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop
about 1365-70
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