Anthony the Hermit
German monk
Feast: 28 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Anthony the Hermit (c. 468 – c. 520), also known as Anthony of Lérins, was an anchorite. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Pannonia Valeria (now Hungary), then part of the Hunnic Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Severinus of Noricum Saint Teacher
- Anthony the Great Saint“He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3620392 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anthony the Hermit (CC BY-SA)
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