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	Saints - Anthony of Padua
		Saint Anthony of Padua, whose birth name was Franciscan Thaumaturgist, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1195, into a noble and religious family.
		Anthony's life-long desire was to bring conversions of Moslems to Christianity.
		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)

	About Saint Anthony Church
		Saint Anthony Parish in Groton, NY can trace it's roots to the 1870's and the immigrant Catholic families in the McLean and Groton.
		Saint Anthony Parish became independent of Immaculate Conception Parish in Ithaca with the appointment of Father Charles Horan as its first resident pastor on August 1, 1875.
		Saint Patrick Church in McClean, was later incorporated into Holy Cross Church in the Town of Dryden in 1962.
	www.saintanthonygroton.org /church.html (359 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony of Padua
		Anthony began to pray, and suddenly the glass was made whole, and the barrel filled anew with wine.
		At the end of Lent, 1231, Anthony retired to Camposanpiero, in the neighbourhood of Padua, where, after a short time he was taken with a severe illness.
		Saint's biographers, in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for the marvellous displayed by his devout clients, and comparatively oblivious of the historical features of his life, have devoted themselves to the task of handing down to posterity the posthumous miracles wrought by his
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	St Anthony of Padua: Saint Anthony Garden Outdoor Statues
		Saint Anthony devoted his life completely to Christ and should be the patron of those who find their lives completely uprooted and sent in a new and unexpected direction.
		Saint Anthony of Padua as he often came to be known, was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal.
		Saint Anthony was determined to preach the virtues of his faith when five of his Franciscan Friars were returned from Morocca, beheaded after the Sultan of Morocca warned them about preaching Christ.
	www.kaccents.com /StAnthony.htm (996 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua Summary
		Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), a Franciscan friar, was a remarkable theologian and preacher.
		Anthony of Padua was born Fernando de Boullion (Ferdinand Bulhom) in Lisbon, Portugal on August 15, 1195 to a wealthy and socially prominent family.
		Today Anthony, son of a nobleman and teacher of friars, is known as the patron saint of the illiterate and the poor, the finder of lost things, and the saint of small requests.
	www.bookrags.com /Saint_Anthony_of_Padua (4376 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Anthony of Padua
		Saint Anthony of Padua, also venerated as Anthony of Lisbon, particularly in Portugal (1195 - June 13, 1231) is a Catholic saint born in Lisbon as Fernando de Bulhões, to a wealthy family.
		Saint Anthony is the patron saint of Lisbon and the patron of Padua, where his relics remained after his death.
		The inhabitants of Padua erected to his memory a magnificent basilica, where his relics were transferred in 1263.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Anthony_of_Padua (586 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Anthony of Padua
		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.
		At Padua, a magnificent basilica was built in his honor, his holy relics were entombed there in 1263 A. When the vault in which for thirty years his sacred body had reposed was opened, the flesh was found reduced to dust but the tongue uninjured, fresh, and of a lively red colour.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980501/SAINTS/ST_ANTH.HTM (1803 words)

	St. Anthony of Padua
		Anthony spent two years in northern Italy, after which he taught theology in the universities of Montpellier and Toulouse and held the offices of guardian or prior of a monastery at Puy and of custodian at Limoges.
		Anthony had not Francis’ sweetness and simplicity, and he was no poet, but he had learning,, eloquence, marked powers of logical analysis and reasoning, a burning zeal for souls, a magnetic personality, and a sonorous voice that carried far.
		Anthony is the special patron of barren and pregnant women, of the poor, and of travelers; alms given to obtain his intercession are called "St. Anthony’s Bread." How he came to be invoked, as he now is, as the finder of lost articles has not been satisfactorily explained.
	www.marys-touch.com /Saints/padua.htm (1816 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)

	Saint Anthony of Padua -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		Saint Anthony of Padua was born in Portugal and there joined the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, where he quickly became renown for his preaching.
		But St. Anthony was so impressed by the martyrdom of five Franciscans who had been spreading the faith in Morocco that he decided to himself become a Franciscan friar so that he too could preach the gospel to the Muslims of Africa.
		Even today, St. Anthony's shrine in Padua is a center of pilgrimage, and he is also well known as the patron saint of the lost and found.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /index.html?mod1=library_author&mod2=120&mod3=Saint_Anthony_of_Padua (426 words)

	June 13 - Saint Anthony of Padua (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), though claimed by Italy where he spent most of his life, was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
		Anthony filled in for another friar at an ordination and delivered a powerful, moving sermon that launched his vocation as a preacher.
		Anthony, always concerned with serving the disadvantaged, worked to abolish debtor's prisons and aided the poor in any way he could.
	www.newsfeeds.com /archive/talk-religion-christian-protestant-unitarian/msg00017.html (533 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua
		Anthony joined the Canons Regular of St Augustine when he was fifteen and over the next eight years of study developed an extraordinary knowledge of Scripture, the foundation for his future ministry.
		Anthony’s learning, eloquence, and zeal drew many back to the faith, and he often preached in the open air, since no building was large enough to accommodate the huge crowds.
		Anthony’s reputation as the saint who intercedes for the return of lost or stolen items possibly dates to an incident in his own life.
	www.1000questions.net /en/Who_is_Who/Saint_Anthony.html (356 words)

	Who was St. Anthony? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA was born at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1195.
		Anthony drew large crowds wherever he went in Italy, but his greatest success was in Padua where the entire city flocked to hear his word and welcomed him as another St. Francis.
		Anthony died on June 13, 1231, at the age of thirty-six.
	www.saintanthonyofpadua.org /Whowasst.htm (363 words)

	St. Anthony of Padua
		The Life of St. Anthony of Padua: c/o the OFM of Cincinnati, Ohio
		Anthony of Padua, Confessor and Doctor of the Church: from the Lives of the Saints, John J. Crawley and Co., 1954
		The Spirituality of St. Anthony, from the Herald of the Immaculate
	www.franciscan-archive.org /antonius (373 words)

	Our Catholic Faith - Prayers Of St. Anthony Of Padua
		Saint Anthony, performer of miracles, Saint Anthony, restorer of speech to the mute, Saint Anthony, restorer of hearing to the deaf, Saint Anthony, restorer of sight to the blind, Saint Anthony, disperser of devils, Saint Anthony, reviver of the dead.
		Dear Saint Anthony, you took the words of Jesus seriously, "Be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect." The Church honors you as a Christian hero, a man wholly dedicated to God's glory and the good of the redeemed.
		Saint Anthony, you are glorious for your miracles and for the condescension of Jesus who came as a little child to lie in your arms.
	www.ourcatholicfaith.org /prayer/p-stanthonypadua.html (2659 words)

	Anthony of Padua
		He was sent to the cathedral school in Lisbon, but in 1210, at the age of 15 he entered the Augustinian monastery of Sao Vicente in Lisbon, against the wishes of his family.
		Antony died on June 13th, 1231 at Arcella, a suburb of Padua in the apartment reserved for the chaplain of the sisterhood of Poor Clares of Arcella.
		Saint Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus, who received from God the special power of restoring lost things, grant that I may find {mention your petition} which has been lost.
	members.chello.nl /~l.de.bondt/AnthonyofPadua.htm (552 words)

	Anthony of Padua
		Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr.
		When the remains of Saint Bernard and his companions, the first Franciscan martyrs, were brought to be buried in his church, Anthony left his order, entered the Friars Minor, and went to Morocco to evangelize.
		When St. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes.
	www.stanthonycatholic.org /anthony_of_padua.htm (440 words)

	Open Directory Project > Society> Religion and Spirituality> Christianity> People> Saints> A> Saint Anthony of Padua (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anthony of Padua, Saint - Article on the life of and devotion to the Franciscan saint.
		Saint Antony of Padua, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, 1195-1231 A.D. - From "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley..
		Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church - Short illustrated biography..
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	Saint Anthony of Padua - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anthony of Padua, Saint (1195-1231), Franciscan monk, born in Lisbon.
		Anthony, Saint (251?-350?), Egyptian hermit, first Christian monk.
		As a wealthy young man of 20 he was impressed by the Christian teaching found in...
	encarta.msn.com /Saint_Anthony_of_Padua.html (127 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua : A Gift to Us
		In Puerto Rico, Saint Anthony (early 13th century) is taken to be the patron of lost objects and of things that are hoped for.
		Saint Anthony is the patron saint of the towns of Ceiba, Dorado, Guayama, and Isabela.
		The statue was that of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the Town of Dorado!.
	www.preb.com /amen/gifttous.htm (1050 words)

	Giovanni Battista Piazzetta - Saint Anthony of Padua
		Giovanni Battista Piazzetta - Saint Anthony of Padua
		Anthony of Padua is so named after the city where he died in 1231 and where the sumptuous basilica preserves his relics.
		It is certainly not surprising that Piazzetta pictured St. Anthony of Padua more than once: devotion to his memory has continued undiminished through the centuries, particularly in the Veneto.
	www.artnet.com /artwork/424542624/giovanni-battista-piazzetta-saint-anthony-of-padua.html (802 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death.
		Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died.
		This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart.
	www.clonard.com /saintpages/Anthony_of_Padua.htm (263 words)

	SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA
		O glorious St. Anthony, through that exceeding affection which thou hast for the August Queen of Heaven, whose lofty and singular merits thou preached with great fervor, obtain for me, I beseech thee, a true devotion to our dear Heavenly Mother, so that she may deliver me from the increasing dangers of this life.
		O God, may the votive commemoration of blessed Anthony, Thy confessor, be a source of joy to Thy Church, that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance, and deserve to enjoy eternal rewards.
		Anthony, Martyr of Desire, pray that I may become less afraid to stand up and be counted as a follower of the Lord Jesus.
	www.catholictradition.org /Padua/padua10.htm (782 words)

	Mass Celebrates St. Anthony Of Padua's Rich History Parish Rejoices In The Success Of The Past 112 Years
		Anthony of Padua Parish will celebrate its history and the faith of those who worshiped at the South Philadelphia parish during the past 112 years with a special Mass.
		St. Anthony of Padua was recommended for closure by the Cluster 23 Cluster Pastoral Planning Committee.
		Anthony of Padua, after whom the Parish was named, was born in 1195 and was known for his teaching, piety and austerity.
	www.archdiocese-phl.org /press%20releases/pr000135.htm (619 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua Medal
		Saint Anthony, the "Wonder-worker", is the patron saint of lost articles, amputees, barren women, and domestic animals.
		Is also the patron of Padua, Lisbon, Paderborn, and Split.
		Sterling Silver St. Anthony of Padua on Stainless chain.
	www.inhisname.com /JewelryPages/saint_anthony_of_padua.htm (56 words)

	Saint Anthony of Padua (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony of Padua
		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 (629 words)

	The Story of St. Anthony of Padua (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Anthony (baptized Fernando) was born about 800 years ago.
		Anthony followed the directives of St. Francis to be sworn to poverty and prayer.
		Accounts say that Anthony wasn't a priest until he was ordained at a Dominican abbey at Forli at the age of 27.
	www.girard.lib.oh.us /community/Stanton.htm (481 words)

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