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saint anthony's fire

saint anthony's fire
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    • any of several inflammatory or gangrenous skin conditions

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    1. It is also significant that on the frontages of some buildings can be seen 19th century low-reliefs showing Saint Anthony, a hermit who lived in the third and fourth centuries, who gained the reputation from the end of the 11th century of curing the ‘holy fire’ or ‘Saint Anthony's fire’, the popular name for shingles.