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unusual facts about St. Anthony of Padua



Cathedral of San Fernando

There are two relics of St. Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church and the patron saint of San Antonio; and a third relic is of Venerable Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, also known as Conchita, who inspired the formation of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (Archbishop Garcia-Siller was ordained a priest to the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit in 1984) as well as 16 other spirituality inspired Catholic organizations.

Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul

Along with the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (1846) in the Harbiye district, St. Louis of the French (1581) and Santa Maria Draperis in Beyoğlu, Sts. Peter and Paul (1841) in Galata, Assumption Church in the Moda quarter of Kadıköy, St. Stephen in Yeşilköy and Bakırköy Church in Bakırköy, St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most important Catholic churches in Istanbul, and among them has the largest community following its Masses.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate

The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Masbate City.

Tamunangue

It is celebrated in Lara State in Venezuela on the June 13 every year as festival to St. Anthony of Padua the patron saint of that state.It is usually began with an invocation to Virgin Mary.It is combination suite of music,dance with drums.It is a mixture representing native Indians, the Spanish and African traditions.


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Andrés Marzo

He executed paintings of St. Anthony of Padua, one for the parish church of Santa Cruz, and another for that of Santa Catalina.

Catholic Order Rites

Every day after Compline they add, extra-liturgically, commemorations of the Immaculate Conception, St. Francis and St. Anthony of Padua.

Giacinto Calandrucci

He also painted two works for the main altar and the Cimini Chapel of Roman church of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi, a Virgin and Child with St Anne and Saints in frescoes and canvases in San Bonaventura (before 1686), a Holy Family with St Anne and St Anthony of Padua, both in San Paolo alla Regola (c. 1700), and frescoes in Santa Maria dell’Orto (c. 1700–05).

Hans Clemer

A document found in Aix-en-Provence, speaks about two painters, Josse Lieferinxe and Mestre Ans and contains an agreement between the two artists, linked by kinship and the leader of the Brotherhood of St. Anthony of Padua, the monastery of Aix, for the realization of a work representing the saint.

Norwalk Catholic Schools

The responsibility for its operation is shared between the Norwalk-area Roman Catholic parishes of St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church and St. Paul the Apostle in Norwalk and St. Anthony of Padua in Milan.

Rosales, Pangasinan

St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urdaneta (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan), at Rosales.

San Vidal, Venice

The interior houses an Annunciation by Sebastiano Ricci, a Guardian Angel with St Anthony of Padua and St Gaetano of Thiene by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and the main altarpiece is a San Vidal on Horseback (1514) by Carpaccio.

Simone Peterzano

His last works, characterized by a cold monumental style, include a fresco with Stories of St. Anthony of Padua for the church of Sant'Angelo, a canvas with Madonna with Child and Saints for the parish church of Bioggio (Canton Ticino) and an altarpiece with St. Ambrose between Sts. Gervasius and Protasius in the Duomo of Milan (1592, now in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana).