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From: "Phyllis G. Jestice" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:16 AM
Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 13. June
>> Antony of Padua (d. 1231) Antony (at first named Fernando) was the
> scion of a noble family of Lisbon. He became an Augustinian canon, but in
> c. 1220 transferred to the Franciscan order. He went to preach to the
> Muslims in Morocco, but perhaps fortunately for his later career he fell
> ill and had to go home. His ship was blown off course and he landed in
> Sicily, going on from their to a general chapter of the order in Assisi.
> A's gift of "divine eloquence" was soon discovered, and he was sent out to
> preach, attracting massive crowds. He died at the age of 36 and was
> canonized within a year of his death. In 1946 he was proclaimed a doctor
> of the Church.
Why is he always pictured carrying a child and is it he who finds lost
things? My mother (and Protestant father) has always been a great believer
in St Anthony's efficacy for finding things but I'm ashamed to say I do not
know which St Anthony
Rosemary Hayes
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