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June 13th – St. Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor

He became a canon regular and then a Franciscan preaching the Gospel everywhere in Portugal and Italy. Both as a theologian and as a popular preacher. His preaching was inspired by the love of God and of souls and had an extraordinary power of conviction; it was filled with the penetrating power of the Bible.

Anthony is one of the most popular saints in the Church. He is the patron of lost things.