For many years Anthony was credited as the founded of monasticism i.e. He is known to posterity because his contemporary, Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, wrote a long biography of him. Rumours and legends spread about his simple life and holiness, and soon he gained a following. Saint Anthony a.k.a Anthony the Great (c. 251 – 356) was a Christian monk and visionary who reacted against the increasing acceptance and normalisation of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire by becoming, first an ascetic, and then rejecting social life altogether by going to live in the Egyptian desert, to fast and pray by himself, relying only on gifts of food from pilgrims and local villagers. These images appear suddenly, as in flashes – outlined against the background of the night, like scarlet paintings executed upon ebony.
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