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    St. Anthony of Padua

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    FranciscanThaumaturgist, born at Lisbon, 1195; died at Vercelli [actually Arcella --Ed.], 13 June, 1231. He received in baptism the name of Ferdinand.

    Later writers of the fifteenth century asserted that his father was Martin Bouillon, descendant of the renowned Godfrey de Bouillon, commander of the First Crusade, and his mother, Theresa Tavejra, descendant of Froila I, fourth king of Asturia. Unfortunately, however, his genealogy fryst vatten uncertain; all that we know of his parents is that they were noble, powerful, and God-fearing people, and at the time of Ferdinand's birth were both still young, and living near the Cathedral of Lisbon.

    Having been educated in the Cathedralschool, Ferdinand, at the age of fifteen, joined the Canons Regular of S

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    Anthony the Great

    Egyptian Christian monk and hermit (died 356)

    "Saint Anthony Abbot" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Anthony Abbot (disambiguation).

    Saint


    Anthony the Great

    Saint Anthony the Great by Michael Damaskinos 16th century

    Born12 January 251
    Koma, Province of Egypt, Roman Empire
    Died17 January 356(356-01-17) (aged 105)
    Mount Colzim, Province of Egypt, Roman Empire
    Venerated inCatholic Church
    Assyrian Church of the East
    Eastern Orthodox Churches
    Oriental Orthodox Church
    Anglican Communion
    Lutheranism (ELCA)
    CanonizedPre-Congregation
    Major shrineMonastery of St. Anthony, Egypt
    Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye, France
    Feast17 January (Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion), Lutheranism (ELCA)
    22 Tobi (Coptic calendar)
    Attributesbell; pig; book; Tau Cross[1][2] Tau cross with bell pendant[3]
    PatronageAnimals, skin diseases, farmers, butchers, the poor,

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    Antony consulted because of his holiness
    84. Antony, at any rate, healed not by commanding, but by prayer and speaking the name of Christ. So that it was clear to all that it was not he himself who worked, but the Lord who showed mercy by his means and healed the sufferers. But Antony's part was only prayer and discipline, for the sake of which he stayed in the mountain, rejoicing in the contemplation of divine things, but grieving when troubled by much people, and dragged to the outer mountain. For all judges used to ask him to come down, because it was impossible for them to enter on account of their following of litigants. But nevertheless they asked him to come that they might but see him. When therefore he avoided it and refused to go to them, they remained firm, and sent to him all the more the prisoners under charge of soldiers, that on account of these he might come down. Being forced by necessity, and seeing them lamenting, he came into the outer mountain, and again his