Category:Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Anthony of Padua '''Titles: Evangelical Doctor Hammer of Heretics Professor of Miracles Born: 15 August 1195 in Lisbon Died: 13 June 1231 (aged 36) in Padua Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Canonized: 30 May 1232, Spoleto, Italy by Pope Gregory IX Major shrine: Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua in Padua, Italy Feast: 13 June Attributes: Book; bread; Infant Jesus; lily; fish; flaming heart Patronage: American Indians; animals; barrenness; Brazil; Elderly people; faith in the Blessed Sacrament; Fishermen; Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land; Harvests; Horses; lost articles; lower animals; Mail; Mariners; oppressed people; poor people; Portugal; pregnant women; seekers of lost articles; shipwrecks; starvation; sterility; Swineherds; Tigua Indians; travel hostesses; travellers; Watermen

(born in late 1100's, died in 1231, Memorial on June 13)
 * Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in the year 1195, and was originally given the name Ferdinand. He entered the Augustinians in 1210, when he was fifteen years old. Two years later, in 1212, he received permission to be transferred to the Convent of Sancta Croce in Cóimbra. He remained there eight years, then, when he was twenty-six, he joined the Franciscan order in 1220 and took the name Anthony. He then tried to sail for Morocco that same year (1220), but was struck by a severe illness, so resolved to go the following spring. When he attempted to sail there in 1221, a storm drove him to Sicily instead. When he heard that a general chapter was being held by the Franciscans at Assisi on May 30, he went there. Anthony was then assigned to Montepaolo. On one occasion he accompained his Provincial to an ordination in Forli, and when it was found that no one else had prepared a sermon or was willing to preach, he was commanded to preach. They were so astounded by his profound teaching that he was then assigned to preaching and instructing permanently. He taught in Bologna and Montpellier in 1224, and he later taught in Toulouse. He preached throughout Italy and France. He died on June 13, 1231, at Arcella. He was canonized on May 30, 1232, by Pope Gregory IX at Spoleto, Italy. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII. That Pius XII declared him a Doctor of the Church is inferred by the date of the declaration (on January 16, 1946).