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Two monks at St. Antony monastery in a theological discussion

The monastery has a large library of books and scripts, and theological discussions are of course a logical topic for discussions among monks - today as yesterday. As the monastery has been famous in Europe from early medieval times and onwards (not at least due to Athanasius biography of St. Antony), influence from outside the monastery was quite normal. Many came here as pilgrims, and the records of the monastery shows that Christians from countries as Syria and Ethiopia stayed here on a permanent basis. Franciscan monks from Europe were another know group who had representatives staying for longer periods at the monastery.

The extremely exiting and important Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1450-1516) considered St. Antony as his "favourite saint", and his large triptych painting named "The temptation of St. Antony" is only one of many examples of St. Antony's position in the European culture.

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