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  1. Jun 8, 2024 · Saint Anthony of Egypt, religious hermit and Desert Father, considered the founder and father of organized Christian monasticism. His rule (book of observances) represented one of the first attempts to codify guidelines for monastic living. Learn more about his life and legacy.

  2. Jun 25, 2024 · Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, is known by various cognomens throughout the many denominations of the Christian world, including Blessed Augustine and the Doctor of Grace (Latin: Doctor gratiae).

  3. 1 day ago · Desert Fathers. The Desert Fathers were early monastics living in the Egyptian desert. Although they did not write as much as other Church Fathers, their influence was also great, and they are credited with beginning the practice of monasticism, and codifying many of its features.

  4. 3 days ago · Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone ( c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, [b] was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans.

  5. 4 days ago · He found it among the hermits of the Egyptian desert, individuals who chose to withdraw physically and culturally from the surrounding society in order to devote themselves more fully to God. But...

  6. Jun 22, 2024 · St. John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet revered in Christianity as the forerunner of Jesus Christ. He preached the imminence of God’s Final Judgment and baptized those who repented in self-preparation for it. After a period of desert solitude, John the Baptist emerged as a prophet in the region of the lower Jordan River valley.

  7. 4 days ago · The desert: dying to the world and living in Jesus Christ. When Anthony was 20 years old his parents died, and he decided to put into practice the command of Jesus that had marked his soul.