Antony the Monk

What sort of man the monk Antony was, who lived in the same age in the Egyptian desert; how he openly fought with demons, clearly seeing through their devices and their cunning ways of making war; and how he performed many miracles: it would be needless for us to say. For Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, has done it before us, having devoted an entire book to his life. There were a great many such good men at one time, during the years of the emperor Constantine. [a]