Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195-1231) · Portugal · Religious Figures · Died at 35
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Something wrong?A Portuguese friar who preached so forcefully and knew scripture so deeply that the Church canonized him eleven months after he died - one of the fastest saint-makings on record.
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About this person
Fernando Martins de Bulhões was born into wealth in Lisbon on 15 August 1195 and joined the Order of Friars Minor, taking the name Anthony. His contemporaries marked him for three things: sermons that hit like thunder, a command of scripture few could match, and a devotion to the poor and sick that never quit. He died in Padua, Italy, on 13 June 1231, at thirty-five. The Church canonized him less than a year later. On 16 January 1946, Pope Pius XII named him a Doctor of the Church, a title reserved for those whose teaching shapes the faith.
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