St. Marcella, a Model of Virtue
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The Life of St. Anthony of the Desert
St. Marcella was born in 325 which was the council of Nicaea and then died soon after the sack of Roman in 410. She was widowed after just seven months of marriage and was never remarried and was committed to a very different type of life. Her family sheltered Athanasius who was a famous bishop of Alexandria who wrote the life of St. Anthony. He's embroiled in the controversies following theCouncil of Nicaea about the divinity of Christ, the Aryan controversy for those of you who know a little bit about early Christian history. While he's there he tells the story of Anthony of the desert that she apparently hears this story and is very inspired by it
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