Interesting Facts about ST ANTHONY ***

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about St Anthony of Padua
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Interesting Facts about St Anthony are as follows:

Fact 1 - He is the Patron Saint of Lost articles, the Poor, Amputees and Cemetery
workers

Fact 2 - He was born at Lisbon, Portugal in 1195
Fact 3 - He died in 1231
Fact 4 - He died of natural causes. Confessors are people who died natural deaths
as opposed to a martyr who is regarded as one who is put to death for his
Christian faith or convictions
Fact 5 - His Memorial Day or Feast Day is celebrated on June 30th
Fact 6 - He was born into a very wealthy and noble family
Fact 7 - He gave up his wealthy lifestyle and became a poor Franciscan monk
Fact 8 - citizens of Padua speak of St. Anthony as ii Santo, the Saint
Fact 9 - Saint Anthony of Padua is represented in Christian Art in the habit of a
Franciscan friar, and with a flame of fire in his hand or breast,
symbolical of his deep religious fervour.