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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 350 deaths, 351 deaths, 352 deaths, 353 deaths, 354 deaths, 355 deaths, 356 deaths, 357 deaths, 358 deaths, 359 deaths, Anthony the Great, Constans, Pope Julius I, Aedesius, Ran Min, Eustorgius I, Constantius Gallus, Fu Jian, Fu Sheng, Zhang Chonghua, Barbatio, Donatus Magnus, Zhang Zuo, Shi Jian, Constantina, Magnentius, Claudius Silvanus, Paul I of Constantinople, Hosius of Corduba, Daughter of Julius Constantius, Maitreya-n tha, Eusebius of Rome, Shi Zhi, Yin Hao, Nepotianus, Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak, Decentius, Zhang Guan, Empress Qiang, Vetranio, Xie Ai, Marcellinus, Zhang Yaoling, Paulinus of Trier, Princess Duan, Saint Amun, Rava, Hoshaiah, Cassian of Autun, Empress Liang, Ran Zhi, Fu Hong, Heulhae of Silla, Majaji, Eutropia, Princess Pei, Geberic, Desan, Junius Bassus, Martin of Tongres. Excerpt: Anthony the Great or Antony the Great (c. 251-356), (Coptic ), also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius ( ), and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers. He is celebrated in many churches on his feast days: 17 January in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; and (January 30) in the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Coptic Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church The biography of Anthony's life by Athanasius of Alexandria helped to spread the concept of monasticism, particularly in Western Europe through Latin translations. He is often erroneously considered the first monk, but as his biography and other sources make clear, there were many ascetics before him. Anthony was, however, the first known ascetic going into the wilderness, a geographical shift that seems to have contributed to his renown. Anthony is appealed to against in...
