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St Anthony was alive in the high middle ages. So not a biblical figure. Much closer to the artists own time. Edit: as below a more famous and earlier St Anthon
by scandox 9mo ago
St Anthony was alive in the high middle ages. So not a biblical figure. Much closer to the artists own time.
Edit: as below a more famous and earlier St Anthony was indeed much closer to the time of the gospels
- smithkl42 9mo agoThere were two St. Anthony's. The one in this painting is the first St. Anthony. He was celebrated by Athanasius in a widely read biography and was famous for fighting off demons in the Egyptian desert. He lived from ~251-356 AD. (But yes, a post-Biblical figure.)