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Anthony the Great
Saint Anthony
or
Antony
(,
Antṓnios
; , ; –356) was a
Christian
monk
from
Egypt
, revered since his death as a
saint
. He is distinguished from
other saints named Anthony
by various epithets: , , and For his importance among the
Desert Fathers
and to all later
monasticism
, he is also known as the . His
feast day
is celebrated on January 17 among the
Orthodox
and
Catholic
churches and on
Tobi
22 in the
Egyptian calendar
used by the
Coptic Church
.
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