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Showing posts with label Father of Western Monasticism. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anthony the Abbot (AKA Saint Anthony the Great)

Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, c. 1480 - PD-1923


Believe me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings, their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their humility, but most of all their ardent love of Christ our Lord. As soon as he sees the sign of the Cross, he flees in terror.

Saint Anthony the Abbot


Saint Anthony the Abbot's patronage: Amputees; animals; basket makers; basket weavers; brushmakers; butchers; cemetery workers; domestic animals; eczema; epilepsy; epileptics; ergotism (Saint Anthony's fire); erysipelas; gravediggers; hermits; hogs; monks; pigs; relief from pestilence; skin diseases; skin rashes; swine; swineherds; Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome.