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| Icon St. Anthony visiting St. Paul of Thebes |
- Painted wood
- H: 55 cm, W: 56 cm
- Old Cairo, Monastery of Mercurius (Abu Sayfayn).
On the right St. Paul is regarded as the first Christian hermit; On the left St. Anthony is called the “Father of the Monks”.
Their names are written in Coptic next to the halos surrounding their heads. Both saints met each other towards the end of Paul’s life (c. 343) who was buried by Anthony in a grave dug by lions. According to the “Life of St. Paul” written by St. Jerome, St. Paul was barefoot and dressed in a coarse garment made of palm leaves. St. Anthony is depicted in the conventional vestment of a monk.
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