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- On June 13, Antonio was caught up in a hurricane; he realized that his time was near, and he desired to die in Padua. He was transported in a wagon drawn by oxen, but died at Arcella, a settlement just outside the city. On his lips as he expired, were the whispered words, “I see my Lord.”
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Saint Anthony of Padua was a Franciscan friar and a dedicated patron of the poor. Anthony was the most celebrated of Saint Francis of Assisi’s followers and had the reputation of being a miracle worker. He is commonly invoked for the return of lost property.
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On June 13, 1231, Anthony came down from his tree house to eat the noonday meal with the friars. They had scarcely begun when he collapsed into their arms. As the friars supported him, he whispered to them that he wished to be taken to Padua so that he might die there.
When the provincial superior agreed, Anthony was overjoyed. Now, like Francis, he had his first choice — a life of seclusion and contemplation in a hermitage. Anthony was first recognized for his great gift of preaching at a gathering for the ordination of Dominicans and Franciscans in 1222.
Feastday: June 13. Patron: of Lost Things. Birth: 1195. Death: 1231. Canonized: Pope Gregory IX in 1232. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online. Printable PDF of St. Anthony of Padua. Shop St. Anthony of Padua. Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal.
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- The Choice of Padua
Fernando decided to leave the Augustinian canons and follow in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi, choosing then to be called Anthony, in imitation of the great Desert Father of that name. He nurtured a powerful missionary zeal, on the strength of which he set out for Morocco. He took sick, however, and, forced to rest, he could not preach. There w...
In September 1222 Anthony was invited to preach in Forlì: there his gifts asa preacher would be on full display. His words revealed profound biblical knowledge and simplicity of expression. In the words of L’Assidua, the first biography of Saint Anthony, “His tongue, moved by the Holy Spirit, began to excogitate many arguments with ponderation, in ...
Owing to the immense talents he brought to serve the Kingdom of God, Anthony was appointed - at the age of 32 - superior of the Franciscan fraternities of northern Italy. He visited the many houses under his jurisdiction, and opened new ones. Meanwhile, he continued to preach and attract large crowds. He would spend several hours in the confessiona...
St. Anthony's Arrival in Italy. But God had decreed otherwise. And so, St. Anthony scarcely set foot on African soil when he was seized with a grievous illness. Even after recovering from it, he was so weak that, resigning himself to the will of God, he boarded a boat back to Portugal.
Jun 13, 2024 · St. Anthony, who lived from the years 1195 to 1231, was a Franciscan thaumaturgist famous for his erudition, oratory, works of charity, and miracles. A native of Portugal, for a time he was a cleric with the monastic order of St. Augustine.
