See the History of the Fathers of the Desert, published by Rosweide; and Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tom. vii., in the Lives of Antony Pachomius, etc. Athanasius himself, who did not disdain to compose the life of his friend Antony, has carefully observed how often the holy monk deplored and prophesied the mischiefs of the Arian heresy. Athanas. tom. ii. p. 492, 498, etc. [tom. i. p. 677, ed. Bened.]