Saint Anthony Of Padua. Confessor And Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 13 June.

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Saint Anthony of Padua.

Doctor of The Church.

Hammer of Heretics.

Professor of Miracles.

Pray for us.
Image: UNA VOCE OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO

Saint Anthony of Padua, O.F.M. (born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231), also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic Priest and Friar of The Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy.

He was noted by his contemporaries for his forceful Preaching and expert knowledge of Scripture, he was the second-most-quickly Canonised Saint, after Peter of Verona. He was proclaimed a Doctor of The Church on 16 January 1946. He is also the Patron Saint of finding things or lost people.