# Saint Anthony — Short Fiction character guide

> Saint Anthony in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anthony

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

The saint appears in a story about a man who makes a pact with the devil.

## In the story

### [The Dead Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-dead-hand)

Referenced in the description of the sorcerer's magical practices, specifically the cow's tail resembling that of Saint Anthony's companion.

### [Saint Anthony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/saint-anthony)

The protagonist, a strong and jovial Norman peasant who adopts a Prussian soldier as a pet and later kills him in a drunken fight.

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