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  1. Jun 13, 2024 · St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Portuguese priest famous for his gifted preaching. He originally planned to join the Augustinian Order, but when he saw the bodies of the first Franciscans to be martyred for their faith, he was filled with an intense desire to become a missionary — and, he hoped, a martyr — himself. After joining the ...

  2. Jun 13, 2024 · Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at the age of 35 in 1231. But he is also claimed by the Portugese, who call him Anthony of Lisbon, where he was born in 1195, as Fernando Martins.

  3. An Augustinian monk who was inspired by the martyrdom of Franciscan missionaries, Saint Anthony of Padua joined the Franciscans hoping to be a missionary. But God had other plans for him. He became one of the outstanding philosopher/theologians of the Order.

  4. Jun 13, 2024 · In 1231, Anthony preached for the last time in Padua during the Lenten season. A crowd of 30,000 was present. The great energy expended during the Lenten season, along with fasting and prayer, left Anthony very weak, and he went to a small town near Padua to rest.

  5. Jun 11, 2024 · Andrew Young, American politician, civil rights leader, and clergyman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–77) and later was mayor of Atlanta (1982–90). In 1990 Young, who was a Democrat, ran for governor of Georgia but lost in the primary. Learn more about his life and career.

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  6. Jun 29, 2024 · Catholics may know St. Anthony of Padua as a Franciscan friar, a Doctor of the Church, and the patron saint of lost items – but only one person has ever seen St. Anthony in an approved apparition. In 1664, Szymon the weaver – hailing from the little Polish village Radecznica – encountered St. Anthony in an apparition.

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  8. 2 days ago · Why does Saint Anthony help find lost objects? While teaching theology in Montpellier, a young novice stole Anthony's psalter, on which he had written notes for his classes.

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