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  Anthony the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Anthony the Great (251 - 356), also known as Saint Anthony of Egypt, Saint Anthony of the Desert, Saint Anthony the Anchorite, and The Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint and the outstanding leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Saint Anthony is appealed to against infectious diseases, in particular herpes zoster, hence shingles are known as Saint Anthony's fire in Italy and Malta.
Saint Anthony prophesied about the persecution that was about to happen to the church and the control of the heretics over it, the church victory and its return to its formal glory, and the end of the age.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_the_Great   (1984 words)

  
 Anthony of Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Anthony of Padua (August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231), also venerated (particularly in Portugal) as Saint Anthony of Lisbon (Santo António de Lisboa), is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal as Fernando de Bulhões (pron.
He took the new name of Anthony when he joined the Order of Friars Minor in honor of Saint Anthony the Great (251-356), to whom the Franciscan hermitage where he was living was dedicated.
Saint Anthony is the patron saint of Padua, where his relics remain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_of_Padua   (1442 words)

  
 Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Anthony
Saint Anthony is known as the patron saint of Grave-Diggers.
When Saint Anthony was very old, and he knew he was going to die, he visited his disciples one last time and asked them to bury him in a quiet and private place.
Anthony was born in the village Koman, south of Memphis in upper Eygpt, in the year 251.
www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980101/SAINTS/STANTHNY.HTM   (1301 words)

  
 St. Anthony -- City of St. Anthony
Communities that border St. Anthony include Northeast Minneapolis to the south, Roseville to the east, Columbia Heights to the northwest and New Brighton to the northeast.
Currently the City of St. Anthony, with almost 100% of its approximately 1600 acres utilized and unavailable for development, is considered to be a fully developed community.
The residents of St. Anthony value their quality of life and actively pursue projects that maintain the feeling of being a "village".
www.ci.saint-anthony.mn.us   (372 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony the Abbot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, he insured that his sister completed her education, then sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned, gave the proceeds to the poor, joined the anchorites who lived nearby, and moved into an empty sepulchre.
Anthony briefly left his seclusion in 311, going to Alexandria to fight Arianism, and to comfort the victims of Maximinus' persecution.
Saint Anthony told his monks: When, therefore, they demons come by night to you and wish to tell the future, or say 'We are the angels,' give no heed, for they lie....
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta06.htm   (798 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony of Padua
Anthony, compelled by obedience, spoke at first slowly and timidly, but soon enkindled with fervour, he began to explain the most hidden sense of Holy Scripture with such profound erudition and sublime doctrine that all were struck with astonishment.
Anthony began to pray, and suddenly the glass was made whole, and the barrel filled anew with wine.
Thus the triumph of St. Anthony's missionary career manifests itself not only in his holiness and his numerous miracles, but also in the popularity and subject matter of his sermons, since he had to fight against the three most obstinate vices of luxury, avarice and tyranny.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01556a.htm   (2393 words)

  
 Saint Anthony of Padua
Anthony began to speak in a very reserved manner; but soon holy animation seized him, and he spoke with such eloquence, learning, and unction that everybody was fairly amazed.
Once a man, at whose home Anthony was spending the night, came upon the saint and found him holding in his arms a child of unspeakable beauty surrounded with heavenly light.
O God, may the votive commemoration of St. Anthony, your confessor and doctor, be a joy to your Church, that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance and deserve to enjoy eternal happiness.
www.franciscan-sfo.org /anthony.htm   (1454 words)

  
 Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony, is who known for his help in finding lost objects and praying so well for miracles, spent his whole life learning how to be closer to God, and to love God.
Saint Anthony of Padua is called so because of his long residence in that city and the affection its people held for him.
Saint Anthony was born in Portugal in 1195 to young wealthy parents, and christened Ferdinand.
www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980501/SAINTS/ST_ANTH.HTM   (1803 words)

  
 City Of St. Anthony, Idaho - City Information, History and Virtual Tour
Anthony was founded by Carlos H. Moon, who was attracted to the land north of Rexburg, Idaho.
Anthony was named in the act as the temporary county seat.
Anthony and other surrounding cities are host every year to thousands of ÔSun BirdsÕ - people who chose to come here for the summer and then back to Arizona in the winter.
ci.saint-anthony.id.us   (2589 words)

  
 SaintAnthony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The group so invigorated the city's spiritual life that it was approved by Pope Clement VI in 1533 with Anthony as its first provost general.
Anthony resigned in 1536, helped spread the community, and worked ceaselessly to reform the Church.
Anthony was only 37 when he died as a result of his unceasing apostolic toil.
www.americancatholicchurch.net /SaintAnthony.html   (255 words)

  
 Saint Anthony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
St Anthony's talents were ignored, and in the mean time he was obtaining the most treasured of graces-humility.
St. Anthony became known as the hammer of heretics because of the effect his sermons.
One of the saint's own manuscripts was stolen and the thief intended to claim the work for his own.
www.prayrosary.com /saints/anthony.php3   (796 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony
Anthony was born at Coma, near Heracleopolis Magna in Fayum, about the middle of the third century.
Anthony at least had nothing of this, being full of confidence, divine peace, cheerfulness, and valorousness, be he (as some men may judge) ever so much an enthusiast" (op.cit., Anthony in Conflict).
II) says he had heard Anthony maintaining that of all virtues discretion was the most essential for attaining perfection; and the little known story of Eulogius and the Cripple, preserved in the Lausiac History (xxi), illustrates the kind of advice and direction he gave to those who sought his guidance.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01553d.htm   (1723 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia: Saint Anthony of Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is all that is historically certain of the sojourn of Saint Anthony in Limousin.
In 1230, while war raged in Lombardy, Saint Anthony betook himself to Verona to solicit from the ferocious Ezzelino the liberty of the Guelph prisoners.
Thus the triumph of Saint Anthony's missionary career manifests itself not only in his holiness and his numerous miracles, but also in the popularity and subject matter of his sermons, since he had to fight against the three most obstinate vices of luxury, avarice and tyranny.
www.catholicforum.com /saints/sta01002.htm   (2382 words)

  
 Saint Anthony of Padua Church - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Anthony joined the Franciscan Order in 1221 and was asked by St. Francis to instruct the Order in the study of the scriptures.
Anniversary of the birth of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Anthony’s was at once a dramatic statement to the entire community at-large that they had taken their place in the city, bringing to and enriching it with their immense faith, heritage and tradition.
www.saintanthonynewbedford.org /history.html   (3491 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony of Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Anthony's wealthy family wanted him to be a great nobleman, but for the sake of Christ he became a poor Franciscan.
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.
Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VI Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua VII
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta01.htm   (621 words)

  
 Saint Anthony, Atlanta
Anthony of Padua Catholic Church has a rich history of faith, service, and Christian witness in the West End of Atlanta, GA spanning over the past 100 years.
In 1911, ground was broken and a cornerstone laid for the basement of the new St. Anthony Church.
Anthony was the third Catholic community to be established in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
www.archatl.com /parishes/saintanthony_atlanta.html   (755 words)

  
 Guy de Maupassant : Saint Anthony
They called him Saint Anthony, because his name was Anthony, and also, perhaps, because he was a good fellow, jovial, a lover of practical jokes, a tremendous eater and a heavy drinker and a gay fellow, although he was sixty years old.
At the time of the Prussian invasion Saint Anthony, at the wine shop, promised to eat an army, for he was a braggart, like a true Norman, a bit of a, coward and a blusterer.
Then Saint Anthony, become quite familiar, tapped him on the stomach, saying: "My, there is plenty in my pig's belly!" But suddenly he began to writhe with laughter, unable to speak.
www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.6/bookid.1042   (2743 words)

  
 Saint Anthony of Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Anthony was born in 1195 near Lisbon, and given the name Ferdinand.
During Lent in 1231, Anthony was preaching in Padua.
Anthony should be the patron of those who find their lives completely uprooted and sent in a new and unexpected direction.
www.pitt.edu /~eflst4/Anthony.html   (376 words)

  
 Saint Anthony Novena
O wonderful Saint Anthony, glorious on account of the fame of your miracles, and through the condescension of Jesus in coming in the form of a little child to rest in your arms, obtain for me of His bounty the grace which I ardently desire from the depths of my heart.
O gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my heart will always be yours.
Saint Anthony, servant of Mary, glory of the Church, pray for our Holy Father, our bishops, our priests, our Religious Orders, that, through their pious zeal and apostolic labors, all may be united in faith and give greater glory to God.
www.stanthonyw.com /novena.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Saints - Anthony of Padua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Saint Anthony of Padua, whose birth name was Franciscan Thaumaturgist, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1195, into a noble and religious family.
At about the age of 25, Saint Anthony set sail to begin his ministry, but fell ill during shortly after arriving in Morocco and was forced to return home to heal; however, his ship was blown off course and Saint Anthony landed in Sicily.
Saint Anthony told Leonardo that the foot of a man who kicks his mother deserves to be cut off.
www.scborromeo.org /saints/padua.htm   (292 words)

  
 Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Saint Anthony College of Nursing is a private, Catholic institution.
Saint Anthony College of Nursing BSN students have the opportunity to gain experience in ambulatory, home health and other specialty care centers.
The College and its predecessor, Saint Anthony School of Nursing, have prepared students for the profession of nursing for over 89 years.
www.sacn.edu   (80 words)

  
 Saint Anthony's Catholic School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Saint Anthony Catholic School provides academic excellence in a Christian setting faithful to the values and teachings of the Catholic Church.
Accreditation - Saint Anthony Catholic School is fully accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (TCCED) under the direction and standards established by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
Curriculum - Saint Anthony Catholic School uses a curriculum approved by the Diocese of Brownsville and is aligned with national standards.
www.saintanthonyeagles.com   (517 words)

  
 Saint Anthony School
As a Catholic School, the mission of St. Anthony School is to work for the development of the whole person - spiritual, intellectual, social, physical, emotional - whose life is centered in Christ.
The school's mission is to integrate all these faculties throughout the curriculum and life of the school, moving the school community into the 21st century.
As an American school, our mission is to instill patriotism among the students, to prepare them to become better and productive citizens of the country, and to cultivate and appreciation of the values and accomplishments of their own culture.
www.saintanthonyhonolulu.com   (97 words)

  
 Our Patron Saint
St Anthony was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1195, to a noble family and was called Ferdinand.
During his preachings in Padua, Anthony was outspoken against the charging of excessive interest on loans of money which was a predominant vice in that area.
O gentle and loving Saint Anthony, you whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my prayer to the ears of the infant Jesus, who loved to linger in your arms.
www.saintanthony.co.uk /page5.html   (412 words)

  
 Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony was of a strong desire to see the end of heresy of the time.
During this time Saint Anthony preformed a number of miracles causing the conversion of a large number of the heretics.
Declared a Doctor of the Church, Saint Anthony is known as the Saint of lost articles.
www.medjugorjeusa.org /anthony.htm   (457 words)

  
 Saint Anthony Hospital - Who We Are
Saint Anthony Hospital is a Catholic non–profit community teaching hospital dedicated to serving the health needs of Chicago’s Westside community.
Saint Anthony Hospital today, in collaboration with our partners, provides a full continuum of care—acute, primary, specialty, and rehabilitation—to meet the needs of the communities and patients we serve.
Saint Anthony Hospital, a member of Ascension Health, is a Catholic not-for-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to serving the health needs of Chicago's Westside community.
www.saintanthonyhospital.com /about   (639 words)

  
 Saint Anthony, Patron of Lost Things and Missing Persons
Although Saint Anthony of Padua is usually depicted in a brown Franciscan robe, holding the infant Jesus in one hand and a lily in the other, in South America, San Antonio is sometimes dressed in blue with a yellow lily and a red heart.
Saint Anthony is identified with the orishas Ellegua and Ogun in Yoruba-derived religions, but i do not know what pre-Conquest deity he is standing in for among the Mexican and Guatemalan Mayans, who also invoke him for finding lost things and people.
These widespread invocations to Saint Anthony for finding lost things and restoring missing people relate to an incident in which the saint was invoked to find a missing book and the prayer was efficacious; ever since then Saint Anthony has been the Patron of Lost Things.
www.luckymojo.com /saintanthony.html   (1132 words)

  
 St. Anthony of Padua - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
Anthony’s sermon was astounding to those who expected an unprepared speech and knew not the Spirit’s power to give people words.
Anthony should be the patron of those who find their lives completely uprooted and set in a new and unexpected direction.
God did with Anthony as God pleased—and what God pleased was a life of spiritual power and brilliance that still attracts admiration today.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1413   (544 words)

  
 St. Anthony of Padua - "Saint of Miracles"
Saint Anthony was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Saint Anthony was a gifted preacher and crowds gather just to hear him speking.
Saint Anthony is invoked as one of the Patron Saints against Sterility, Barrenness and for Fertility, Expectant Mothers, Elderly People, Oppressed People, Poor People, Domestic Animals just to name a few.
www.praying4ababy.com /stanthony.html   (583 words)

  
 Rosary Workshop: Prayer - (Saint Anthony)
The chaplet of St Anthony, a Franciscan (1195-1231), is a collection of devotional prayers with its 13 groups of 3 beads each.
A medal of St Anthony usually holding the child Jesus is at the end of the pendant.
It is encouraged to meditate on the virtues of St Anthony while praying the chaplet: Faith, Hope, Charity, Love of Jesus, Prudence, Justice, Patience, Penance, Humility, Purity, Obedience, Poverty, Spirit of Prayer, and Union with God.
www.rosaryworkshop.com /PRAYER-Chaplet-StAnthony.html   (626 words)

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