Also
known as Antonio da Padova Evangelical Doctor Memorial
13 June Profile 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. Born 1195 at Lisbon, Portugal
Died 13 June 1231 Canonized 30 May 1232 by Pope Gregory
IX at Spoleto, Italy Name Meaning inestimable Patronage
against barrenness, against shipwrecks, against starvation, against starving ,Amantea,
Italy ,American Indians amputees animals Anzio, Italy asses boatmen Brazil Beaumont,
Texas, diocese of Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy domestic animals Dorado, Puerto
Rico, elderly people ,expectant mothers, faith in the Blessed Sacrament ,Favara,
Italy Ferrazzano, Italy fishermen, harvests ,horses, Lisbon, Portugal ,lost articles,
lower animals, mail mariners ,Masbate, Philippines, diocese of oppressed people
Padua, Italy paupers, poor people, Portuga,l pregnant women ,sailors, San Antonio
Tlayacapan, Mexico San Fulgencio, Spain Sandia Indian Pueblo, seekers of lost
articles, shipwrecks ,starvation ,starving people ,sterility ,swineherds, Tigua
Indians ,travel hostesses, travellers ,watermen , Representation
book, bread ,Infant Jesus, lily Back
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