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Anthony of Padua

Renowned Portuguese-born Franciscan friar Saint Anthony of Padua preached.

A wealthy family in Lisbon reared this Catholic priest of the order. His contemporaries noted his forceful and expert knowledge of Scripture.

He died in Padua in Italy. After Saint Peter of Verona, the pope canonized him as the second-fastest saint. He as the patron saint also finds things or lost people.

The pope proclaimed him a doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.

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