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How Could a Desert Hermit Be So Influential? Timken Museum of Art Cost: Free This 3rd century AD monks horrendous experiences of temptation are the subject of numerous famous paintings as in the Timkens intriguing rendition of the torment of St. Anthony by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo. Many people linger very thoughtfully before this masterpiece. Is there still dialogue to be had with Anthony? Looking into the reasons for his impact as a very early Christian monk, as we will do in this presentatio...