🌐EnglishEnglishBahasa IndonesiaDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsSvenskaTürkçeРусскийالعربيةفارسی한국어中文日本語EntityQ1066990· pop 30· linked from 1,845 articlesDesert Fathersearly Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt beginning around the third century ADConnectionsTeresa of ÁvilaEntityChristian mysticismEntityCategoriesAsceticismChristian monasticismChristian ordersChristian religious occupationsChristian terminologyChurch FathersDesert FathersEgyptian hermitsGroups of Roman Catholic saintsHesychastsUse Oxford spelling from June 2018