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St Antony was the founder of monasticism and lived in solitude in the desert where he suffered from hallucinations ('temptations'). The pig was bred by Antonine monks and its lard used as a remedy for erysipelas, a disease known as 'St Anton's Fire'. The bell round its neck was to drive off evil spirits.