{"id":167,"date":"2010-09-06T23:48:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T21:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.33knots.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:42:41","slug":"st-anthony-the-legend-and-mystique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayer-bracelet.com\/blog\/st-anthony-the-legend-and-mystique\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Anthony the Legend and Mystique"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Like promised in our last article we continue on the life of St. Anthony the Great.<\/h2>\n<p>The story of Saint Anthony is filled with legend and mystique. His biography tells that he had several encounters with the devil. The most known is the one where the devil kept untying the knots of his prayer rope which we already covered in our last article. But there are several more stories which we will cover in this article.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"Salvador Dali St Anthony Temptations\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayer-bracelet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Salvador-Dali-St-Anthony-Temptations.jpg?resize=300%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-723 no-lazyload\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salvador Dali&#8217;s &#8211; St. Anthony&#8217;s Temptations 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the other encounters was when Saint Anthony lived in the desert. The devil tried to afflict him with boredom and laziness. Tempting the Saint with phantoms of women. Through the power of prayer he overcame these temptations. This is a story that has been depicted many times in Christian Art.<\/p>\n<p>After these temptations he moved to a secluded tomb where he locked himself in to devote himself fully to prayer and worship, only relying on some local villagers for food. The devil tormented the saint ones again now even more furious because of Saint Anthony\u2019s strong devotion. He beat Saint Anthony leaving him battered and unconscious. His friends the local villagers found him and brought him to a church.<\/p>\n<p>After he recoverd he returned to the desert to a far mountain by the Nile called Pispir. He<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\"  title=\"St Antony's Beasts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayer-bracelet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/anthony.jpg?resize=288%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-725  no-lazyload\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Antony&#8217;s Beasts &#8211; by Nikolaus Manuel 1520<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>lived in a old Roman fort were he stayed for 20 years. And again the devil fought Saint Anthony. This time he sent phantoms of wild beasts, wolves, lions, snakes and scorpions to ravage him. The Saint just laughed and said \u201cIf any of you have any authority over me, only one would have been sufficient to fight me.\u201d After the Saint said these words all the phantoms disappeared. Again the strong Saint came out victorious.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Anthony remained in the Roman fort for a long time not leaving his room. He did not allow anyone to enter. Whoever came to visit had to stand outside and listen to his advise.<\/p>\n<p>This concludes this article on the legend and mystique. 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In one of the legends pertaining to Saint Anthony the Great an Angel appeared to learn him how to tie the Prayer Rope we all cherish and love today. 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