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Saint Anthony of Padua

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Saint Anthony of Padua 1195-1231, Portuguese Franciscan, Doctor of the Church, b. Lisbon. He was renowned for his eloquence. According to tradition, in a vision he received the child Jesus in his arms and is usually thus represented in art. He was known as a preacher and for his holy life and was canonized the year after he died in Padua. Anthony has a reputation as a miracle worker and is popularly invoked to find lost articles. Feast: June 13.

Bibliography: See biography by M. Purcell (1960).



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