The biographic text of St. Anthony is presented complete in this edition for the reader's absorption and contemplation. First published in the 4th century A.D.,

The biographic text of St. Anthony is presented in this complete, unabridged edition for the reader's absorption and contemplation. First published in the 4th c

Athanasius, one of the most influential church fathers in history, records in his Life of Antony of Egypt the story of another extremely influential figure of e

The most important document of early monasticism, written in 357, this is a biography of the recognized founder and father of monasticism. +

Instrumental in the conversion of many, including Augustine, The Life of Antony provided the model for subsequent saints' life and constituted, in the words of