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St. Anthony of Padua

Also known as
        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 traveling, 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

 

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