Anthony -born Fernando Martins de Bulhoes, was raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon… He died in Padua ).
He joined the Augustine canons at an early age.
Aged 25 he joined the Franciscan friars. He adopted the name Anthony from the name of the chapel located there, dedicated to Anthony the Great.
He was sent to work work among the Muslims in Morocco. Ill health forced to return within the year to Assisi.
His exceptional teaching and preaching talents were then discovered. St. Francis of Assisi chose him to teach Theology to the friars at Padua and Bologna.
in southern France.
He then preached against the Albigensian heretics in Southern France.
Between 1227-30 he ruled the Franciscan province in northern Italy.
He then retired to Padua and Pope Gregory 1X commissioned him to write a series of sermons for Feast days
He died at the age of just 35 in 1231. he was canonized the next year ( one of the most quickly canonized saints in church history).
He is the patron saint of lost property The story is that a novice borrowed his written psalter without his permission and was compelled to return it by a terrifying apparition.
During his lifetime he gained a major reputation as a worker of wonders and miracles. He was noted by his contemporaries for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scriptures and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick.
On 16th January 1946 Anthony was proclaimed a* Doctor of the Church* by Pope Pius X11.
Sources
Wikipedia
Saints Over 150 Patron Saints for Today editor Elizabeth Hallam
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