The relics of St Anthony will be accompanied in Ireland by Fr Mario Conte, editor of the Messenger of St Anthony, the magazine published by the Conventual Franciscan Friars of Saint Anthony’s Basilica in Padua, Italy, where the Saint’s tomb is located.
In his writings, St Anthony often speaks of mercy, describing God as the ‘Father of Mercy’.
This five-minute video tells the story Saint Anthony of Padua, also known as Anthony of Lisbon, a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order.
He was born on 15 August 1195 and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy on 13 June 1231. He was Beatified the on 30 May the following year.
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