Anthony of Padua O.F.M. (born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) also known as Anthony of Lisbon was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua Italy he was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture he was the second-fastest canonized saint (after St. Peter of Verona) and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Anthony of Padua"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
