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Anthony of Padua, OFM, (Portuguese: António/Antônio de Pádua; Italian: Antonio di/da Padova; Latin: Antonius Patavinus) or Anthony of Lisbon (Portuguese: António/Antônio de Lisboa; Italian: Antonio da/di Lisbona; Latin: Antonius Olisiponensis; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) [1] [2] was a Portuguese Catholic priest and member of the Order of Friars Minor.
Basket makers - Anthony the Abbot, [2] Beekeepers - Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux, Valentine; Beggars - Ambrose of Milan, [5] Elisabeth of Hungary, [10] Giles, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur; Bell makers - Agatha of Sicily [6] Belt makers - Alexius of Rome; Bird dealers - John the Baptist; Blacksmiths - Dunstan, [5] Peter the Apostle
St. Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) was the son of a wealthy merchant. He rejected all of his possessions and founded a community of brothers (friars) who lived in poverty and served the poor. Franciscan prayer recognizes God's presence in the wonder of creation, as expressed in St. Francis' Canticle of the Sun. Franciscan spirituality is ...
"St. Francis of Assisi", Encyclopædia Britannica online "St. Francis of Assisium, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints; The Franciscan Archive; St. Francis of Assisi – Catholic Saints & Angels; Here Followeth the Life of St. Francis from Caxton's translation of the Golden Legend; Colonnade Statue in St. Peter's Square
"Chapter 7. The Prayer of St. Francis". Ten Prayers That Changed the World: Extraordinary Stories of Faith That Shaped the Course of History. National Geographic. ISBN 978-1-4262-1644-2. Nerburn, Kent (1999). Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace: Living in the Spirit of the Prayer of Saint Francis. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-251581-0
Saint Joseph's Medal is a sacramental introduced in 1971 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Saint Joseph being declared the patron of the Catholic Church. A number of local devotions and customs to Saint Joseph exist around the world, e.g. Alpine regions, Josephstragen (German for carrying Saint Joseph) takes place on the 9 days before ...
Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Friars Minor; oldest known portrait in existence of the saint, dating back to St. Francis' retreat to Subiaco (1223–1224). The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; [2] postnominal abbreviation O.F.M.) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi.
The prayer before a crucifix is a Roman Catholic prayer to ... 1205 and is commonly ascribed to Francis of Assisi while at San Damiano. The prayer echoes Psalm 22:17 ...