(“Saint Anthony of Padua” (Portuguese: St. António de Lisboa), born Fernando Martins de Bulhões (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, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy)
(noted by his contemporaries for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick, he was one of the most-quickly canonized saints in church history)
(he was proclaimed a “Doctor of the Church” on 16 January 1946)
(he is also the patron saint of “lost things”)
(his christian feast day is “june 13th”)
(the day of his death)
(he died at age 36)
(died of “ergotism”)
(which is associated with ingestion of fungus that infects rye and other cereals)
(aka “saint anthony’s fire”)