Anthony the Hermit (ca. 468 – ca. 520), also known as Antony of Lérins, is a Christian saint. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Valeria (now the Balkans), then part of the Hunnic Empire. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was entrusted to the care of the holy Abbot Severinus of Noricum, in modern-day Austria. Upon the death of Severinus in 482, Anthony was sent to Germany and put in the care of his uncle, Constantius, an early Bishop of Lorsch. While there, Anthony is thought to have become a monk at the age of twenty.