[258] St. Antony of Thebes was the founder of monachism. He is said to have been born at Koma, Egypt, near Heraklea, A. D. 251, and to have died A. D. 356. In early life he retired to the wilderness, and lived in seclusion until 305, when he founded the monastery of Fayum, near Memphis and Arsinoë. He is the patron of hospitallers, and his day is celebrated on January 17. His life was written by St. Athanasius, a condensed translation of which is given by S. Baring-Gould in his Lives of the Saints (London, 1897, 1898), i, pp. 249-272. See also Addis and Arnold's Catholic Dictionary, p. 596; and New International Encyclopædia. [259] Formerly called Thebaica regio, one of the three great divisions of ancient Egypt, and equivalent to Upper Egypt. This district was famous for its deserts, which became the habitation of many of the early Christians, among them both Sts. Antony and Arsenius. See Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire. [260] St. Arsenius was a Roman of a noble and wealthy family, who became the tutor of the two sons of Theodosius at Constantinople. He fled to Egypt after the death of Theodosius, in shame at the poor results of his teaching. There he lived in the desert, where he was called "the father of the emperors." He died about 440, after a long life of seclusion. He figures in Kingsley's story of Hypatia. His day is celebrated on July 19, and he is especially revered in France and Belgium. See Baring-Gould (ut supra), viii, pp. 446-448. [261] D. reads wrongly "Theodorico." [262] D. reads "gético." [263] In the first line of the above citation, which is from the Epistolarum ex Ponto, book i, epistle 3 (to Rufinus) read "littore" in place of "frigore." The translation of the two lines is as follows: "What is better than Rome? What is worse than the Scythian shore? Yet the barbarian flees thither from that city." [264] i.e., "Though composed of many, it draws to itself the nature of the more worthy simple form." [265] "Among the Filipino Indians there are many who are very good, and are very capable of being directed and taught in good and holy customs; and because there are many bad ones, who govern themselves not by reason, but by the pressure of public opinion, it cannot be said rightly and conscientiously that all are bad." (Delgado, p. 320.) "This paragraph appears admirable to me, and a more exact idea of the Filipino cannot be given in so few words--at least such as he is at present, either because of circumstances, or because of his physical constitution, or of the two things together." (Mas, p. 127.) [266] M. and D. add "it is in favor of their comfort, and they commit other greater acts of insolence, for." [267] i.e., "They enter into the joy of their lord;" a reference to Matthew XXV, 21, 23. [268] i.e., "Not as to the cause, but as the effect." D. reverses the position of the negative.