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Early Christian Lives (Penguin Classics) by Sulpicius Severus, Carolinne White (Translator), Gregory The Great, St. Athanasius, Edited By White, Contributor-Carolinne White, Hilarion Staff, John Jerome, Jerome Saint Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-14-043526-3 / 0140435263 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043526-9 / 9780140435269 Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite tempta |