ANTHONY, or Knights of St Anthony, a military order instituted by Albert duke of Bavaria, when he designed to make war against the Turks in 1382. The knights wore a collar of gold made in form of a hermit's girdle, from which hung a stick cut like a crutch, with a little bell, as they are represented in St Anthony's pictures.
St Anthony's Fire, a name given to the erysipelas. It was so named from the saint above mentioned, who was especially invoked for its cure.