St. Anthony Of Padua Ceramic Plaque
Item Number: 13141
[1195-1231] was a Franciscan missionary, theologian, popular preacher, and indefatigable defender of the poor, those deeply in debt, and prisoners. Popular tradition has him patron of those who have lost precious possessions. He is also patron of travelers, of harvests, of barren women, of the poor and of Portugal, where he was born. His feast is June 13.
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/13
Patron Of:
Poor, Sailors, Boatmen, Amputees, Barren Women, Butchers, Cemetery Workers, Faith In The Blessed Sacrament, Grave Diggers, American Indians, Lost Articles
Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan. Priest.
When the remains of Saint Berard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony was moved to leave his order, enter the Friars Minor, and go to Morocco to evangelize. Shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going to Portiuncula. Lived in a cave at San Paolo leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. He impressed them so that he was thereafter constantly travelling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France.
A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish loved to listen. Wonder worker. One of the most beloved of saints, his images and statues are found everywhere. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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