Evangelical Doctor    
 

Hammer of Heretics       

Professor of Miracles         

Born

              15 August 1195    
                      Lisbon

Died

                  13 June 1231(1231-06-13) (aged 36)
                 Padua

   Honored in

                Roman Catholic Church

   Canonized

     30 May 1232, Spoleto, Italy by

 Pope  Gregory   IX

   major      shrine

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua in

Padua, Italy  

   Feast

  13 June

   Attributes

Book; bread; Infant Jesus; lily

Patronage

American Indians; animals; barrenness; Brazil; Elderly

people; faith in the Blessed Sacrament; Fishermen;

Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land; Harvests; Horses;

lost articles; lower animals; Mail; Mariners; oppressed

people; poor people; Portugal; pregnant women; seekers

 of lost articles; shipwrecks; starvation; sterility;

Swineherds; Tigua Indians; travel hostesses; travellers;

 Watermen