Editing Anthony the Great (section)

== Veneration ==
[[File:Vaantjeantoniuswarfhuizenkleiner copy.jpg|left|thumb|Pilgrimage banners from the shrine in [[Warfhuizen]]]]
Anthony had been secretly buried on the mountaintop where he had chosen to live. His remains were reportedly discovered in 361 and transferred to [[Alexandria]]. Some time later, they were taken from Alexandria to [[Constantinople]], so that they might escape the destruction being perpetrated by invading [[Saracen]]s. In the eleventh century, the [[Byzantine emperor]] gave them to the French [[Count]] Jocelin. Jocelin had them transferred to La-Motte-Saint-Didier, later renamed.<ref name="ButlerLives1991" /> There, Jocelin undertook to build a church to house the remains, but died before the church was even started. The building was finally erected in 1297 and became a centre of veneration and pilgrimage, known as [[Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye]].

Anthony is credited with assisting in a number of miraculous healings, primarily from [[ergotism]], which became known as "St. Anthony's Fire". Two local noblemen credited his assistance in their recovery from the disease. They then founded the [[Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony]] in honor of him, who specialized in nursing the victims of skin diseases.<ref name="ButlerLives1991" />

He is venerated especially by the [[Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit]] for his close association with [[Paul of Thebes]], after whom they take their name.  In the ''Life of St. Paul the First Hermit'', by [[Jerome]], it is recorded that it was Anthony who found Paul towards the end of Paul's  life and without whom it is doubtful Paul would be known.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liturgical Calendar |url=https://paulinefathers.org.au/liturgical-calendar/ |website=The Australian Province of the Order Of Saint Paul The First Hermit |date=29 August 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>
[[File:SAntoine Abbaye 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye]], [[Isère]], France]]
Veneration of Anthony in the East is more restrained. There are comparatively few icons and paintings of him. He is, however, regarded as the "first master of the desert and the pinnacle of holy monks", and there are monastic communities of the [[Maronite Church|Maronite]], [[Chaldean Syrian Church|Chaldean]], and Orthodox churches which state that they follow his monastic rule.<ref name="ButlerLives1991" /> During the [[Middle Ages]], Anthony, along with [[Quirinus of Neuss]], [[Pope Cornelius|Cornelius]] and [[Hubertus]], was venerated as one of the [[Four Holy Marshals]] in the [[Rhineland]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grimm |first=Jacob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1V6t8DLi6MC&dq=%22Vier+Marsch%C3%A4lle+Gottes%22&pg=PA259 |title=Deutsches Wörterbuch |date=1852 |publisher=S. Hirzel |volume=12, part 2 |pages=259 |language=de}}</ref>

Anthony is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Anglican Communion]] with a [[Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)|Lesser Festival]] on 17 January.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=27 March 2021|website=The Church of England}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=For All the Saints / For All the Saints – A Resource for the Commemorations of the Calendar / Worship Resources/ Karakia/ ANZPB-HKMOA / Resources / Home – Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|url=https://www.anglican.org.nz/Resources/Worship-Resources-Karakia-ANZPB-HKMOA/For-All-the-Saints-A-Resource-for-the-Commemorations-of-the-Calendar/For-All-the-Saints#s|access-date=27 March 2021|website=www.anglican.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Antony of Egypt, Monastic, 356 |url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/antony-of-egypt/ |access-date=19 July 2022 |website=The Episcopal Church }}</ref>

Though Anthony himself did not organize or create a monastery, a community grew around him based on his example of living an [[asceticism|ascetic]] and isolated life. Athanasius' biography helped propagate Anthony's ideals. Athanasius writes, "For monks, the life of Anthony is a sufficient example of asceticism.<ref name="ButlerLives1991" />
His story influenced the conversion of [[Augustine of Hippo]]<ref>Confessions – Book VIII Chapters 1-6</ref><ref>On Christian Doctrine – Preface Section 4</ref> and [[John Chrysostom]].<ref>The Homilies of John Chrysostom/Homily 8 verse 7 on Gospel of Matthew</ref>

The main centre of veneration of this saint in the [[Canary Islands]] ([[Spain]]) is located in the town of [[La Matanza de Acentejo]], on the island of [[Tenerife]]. The ''sanctuary of San Antonio Abad'' is one of the oldest temples in the Canary Islands, founded shortly after the completion of the conquest of the archipelago.

=== Coptic literature ===
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Examples of purely [[Coptic literature]] are the works of Anthony and [[Pachomius]], who spoke only [[Coptic language|Coptic]], and the sermons and preaching of [[Shenoute|Shenouda the Archmandrite]], who chose to write only in Coptic. The earliest original writings in the [[Coptic language]] were the letters of Anthony. During the 3rd and 4th centuries, many ecclesiastics and monks wrote in Coptic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coptic Literature|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/136924/Coptic-literature|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref>