The saints in art : with their attributes and symbols alphabetically arranged . only sister, with whom he divided hisinheritance, sold his portion, and went tolive among hermits. According to thelegend he was tormented grievously bydemons, who tempted him with everyworldly delight, rich clothing, deliciousviands, and beautiful women appeared be-fore him, but by prayer he overcame they assumed the hideous shapesof monsters, serpents, and every kind ofpoisonous animal, and these tormented him,but Christ comforted him. He fled to amore secluded cavern, where he lived fortwenty years, wi
The saints in art : with their attributes and symbols alphabetically arranged . only sister, with whom he divided hisinheritance, sold his portion, and went tolive among hermits. According to thelegend he was tormented grievously bydemons, who tempted him with everyworldly delight, rich clothing, deliciousviands, and beautiful women appeared be-fore him, but by prayer he overcame they assumed the hideous shapesof monsters, serpents, and every kind ofpoisonous animal, and these tormented him,but Christ comforted him. He fled to amore secluded cavern, where he lived fortwenty years, without human intercourse ofany kind. Then he came out of his soli-tude, and preached and taught, performingmiracles, and persuaded many to becomehis disciples. When he had lived for seventy-five years in the desert, he was told in avision of St. Paul, the hermit, who had beenliving in penance for ninety years, and heat once resolved to go to see him. So heset out across the desert. After journey-ing several days, and meeting on the waya centaur and a satyr, he came at last to. MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SS. ANTONY AND BAR1SAKAFrom the paintingby Bernardino Llitni in the Brera, Milan THE SAINTS IN ART 13 a cave in the rocks, where St. Paul dwelt,beside a stream and a palm-tree. The twomen embraced, and St. Paul inquired of theworld since he had left it. While theytalked, a raven came, bringing a loaf ofbread in its beak. St. Paul said that it hadcome every day for sixty years, but thatto-day the portion was doubled. He thentold St. Anthony to go back to his monastery,and fetch a cloak that had been given himby St. Athanasius, the bishop, for he was aboutto die, and wished to be buried in it. SoSt. Anthony set out, and as he was returningwith the cloak he saw a vision of St. Paulascending to heaven, and on his arrival atthe cave he found his body, dead, in theattitude of prayer. He had no strength leftto dig a grave, but two lions came and dugit with their paws, and St. Anthony wrappe
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