Saint Anthony then had to get close enough and beg him to remove the rock so he could greet him. Saint Paul finally came out and the meeting of two brothers in Christ took place. The two saints, having never met before, greeted each other by calling each other by name. Then they knelt and thanked God. That day, a raven brought them a whole loaf and each one took half.
Dying with Christ is a victory. The lions and the mantle
The next day, Saint Jerome continues, Saint Paul referred to his own death. He told Saint Anthony that he saw the final moment getting closer, and asked him to go back to the monastery where he came from to bring him the mantle that Bishop Saint Athanasius had given him. Paul wanted to be shrouded in that clothing.
Saint Anthony, surprised by the prediction and the request, went to bring the mantle. Upon returning, he found that Paul had already died; However, he managed to contemplate how the soul of the saint rose to heaven, surrounded by angels, under the gaze of the apostles from above.