Syncletica of Alexandria
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Syncletica of Alexandria was a Christian saint, ascetic, anchorite, and Desert Mother from Roman Egypt in the 4th century AD. She is the subject of The Life of Syncletica, a Greek hagiography purporte
Miniature depicting Syncletica of Alexandria, from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD)
Icon of Syncletica
Santa Apolonia y Santa Sincletes (c. 1655) by Juan de Valdés Leal. Depicts Saint Apollonia (2nd century) and Saint Syncletica of Alexandria.
Unknown painter Transfiguration of Christ WGA23487
Anthony the Great
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Anthony the Great was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Eg
Coptic icon of Saint Anthony
Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, c. 1480
Four tales on Anthony the Great by Vitale da Bologna, c. 1340, at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
The Torment of Saint Anthony, copy by the young Michelangelo after an engraving by Martin Schongauer c. 1487 – c. 1489. Oil and tempera on panel. One of many artistic depictions of Saint Anthony's trials in the desert.