Anthony of Padua
Feast: June 13
(Alvise Vivarini, ca. 1480)
(PD)
Saint Anthony of Padua was a Portuguese Franciscan friar and Doctor of the Church, renowned for his powerful preaching and devotion to the poor. Born Fernando Martins de Bulhões in Lisbon around 1195, he is one of the most quickly canonized saints in Church history.
Patron of:
- Lost Things
- Poor
- Travelers
- Portugal
Si Quaeris Miracula
Si quaeris mirácula,
mors, error, calámitas,
daemon, lepra fúgiunt,
aegri surgunt sani.
Cedunt mare, víncula;
membra resque pérditas
petunt et accípiunt
iúvenes et cani.
Péreunt perícula,
cessat et necéssitas;
narrent hi qui séntiunt,
dicant Paduáni.
Cedunt mare, víncula;
membra resque pérditas
petunt et accípiunt
iúvenes et cani.
If then you ask for miracles,
death, error, all calamities,
the leprosy and demons fly,
and health succeeds infirmities.
The sea obeys and fetters break,
and lifeless limbs you do restore;
while treasures lost are found again,
when young or old your aid implore.
All dangers vanish at your prayer,
and direst need doth quickly flee;
let those who know your power proclaim,
let Paduans say: these are of thee.
The sea obeys and fetters break,
and lifeless limbs you do restore;
while treasures lost are found again,
when young or old your aid implore.
— Julian of Speyer, 13th century