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PREFACE. PERHAPS no saint, after our blessed Lady and St.

Joseph, is more popular and venerated than the great St. An thony
of Padua. Although in many lands, owing to revolution and
persecution, the Fran ciscan churches where the devotion to this
great saint first began have been destroyed, it still remains as
flourish ing as ever, and every year thousands in all parts of the
world make the nine Tuesdays in his honor. It cannot, therefore, be
doubted that the following anecdotes, derived from reliable sources,
will not only interest the devout clients of St. Anthony, but will also
strengthen and encourage them to still greater confidence in his
powerful intercession. 3
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CONTENTS. PART I. MIRACLES WORKED DURING THE LIFE

OF ST. ANTHONY. PAGE. i— The Miracle of Tongues n 2 — Dumb
Animals Obey the Saint. . 12 3 — The Sermon to the Fishes at Rimini
13 4 — Why St. Anthony is Invoked for Lost and Mislaid Things 20 5
— A Messenger from Hell Un masked 23 6 — The Consoler of
Mothers 24 7 — The Rain respects the Friend of the Saints 25 8 —
An Extraordinary Prophecy 27 9 — St. Anthony the Consoler of
Persecuted Women 29 10 — Truth from the Lips of a Little Child 31 ii
— Broken Goblet and Running Bar rel 34 12— The Carved Capon 36
13 — The Apparition of the Holy Child. 37 14 — Flight to Lisbon 41 5
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6 Contents. PAGE. 15 — St. Anthony Again Rescues His

Father 45 16 — Where Thy Treasure Is, There Also is Thy Heart 46
17 — St. Anthony Cures a Cripple 50 18 — Bilocation of the Saint 51
19 — Wind and Rain Obey St. Anthony. 52 20 — Zeal for the Word of
God 54 21 — The Saint's Sermon is Heard at a Great Distance 55 22
— Cure of a Paralyzed Child 56 23 — A Martyr's Death Predicted 58
24 — Death of St. Anthony. The Great Miracle Worked After His
Death . 59 PART II. MIRACLES WORKED AFTER THE DEATH OF ST.
ANTHONY. 25— A Skull Injured 62 26 — The Picture of St. Anthony
62 27 — In Company with St. Anthony. . . 63 28 — Boys Playing in a
Mill Stream. ... 64 29 — Back from Paradise 66 30 — Assassins
Frightened 63 31 — A Strong Shield 69 32 — Dragged by a Mule 71
33 — A Scoffer Changed into an Ad mirer 72
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Contents. 7 PAGE. 34 — A Glass as Hard as a Rock 74 35—

A Wish Granted 75 36— A Poor Clare Cured 76 37 — Places
Exchanged 78 38_ "Dost Thou Know Me?" 80 39 — A Son Restored
to His Parents.. 82 40 — Gangrene Cured 84 41 — "Take Courage"
85 42 — A Good Name Restored 87 43 — A Lunatic Cured 89 44 —
A Happy Death Obtained 90 45— Crushed by the Fall of a Tree 91 46
— Marriage Portion 92 47 — Saved from Suicide 93 48— Great
Harvest 98 49 — The Storm Ceases and the Sea Be comes Calm 99
50 — "She is All Right Now" 101 51 — The Beacon 102 52 — The
Singer in the Boat 103 53 — Chains as an Altar Decoration... 104 54
— St. Anthony is Never Invoked in Vain 106 55 — King Charles II., of
England.... 107 56— The Grateful Captain 109 57— A Child Stolen
no 58 — Erysipelas Cured through Invok ing St. Anthony in 59— The
Bishop's Ring 112
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Contents. PAGE. 60 — The Manuscript Ready for the Press

II4 6 1 — Heard during Mass 115 62 — An Ant employed as Porter
117 63 — Returned at Midnight 118 64 — The Victorious Admiral
120 65 — Saved from the Scaffold 124 66 — A Choirmaster without
Employ ment 133 67— A Costly Ex Voto 136 68 — The Franciscan
Church of St. Anthony in the Tyrol 137 PART III. PETITIONS
GRANTED IN MORE MODERN TIMES. 69 — Saved from Eternal
Damnation.. 142 70 — St. Anthony Converts an Officer. . 143 7i —
The Heathen Baptized on His Death-bed I47 72— St. Anthony assists
Poor Nuns... 148 73 — Honor Vindicated 149 74 — St. Anthony
assists all Those Who Invoke Him jcji 75 — Saved from Drowning
151 76 — Preserved from Fire 152 77--St. Anthony's Protection 153
78 — Saved from Shipwreck and other Difficulties 155
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Contents. 9 PAGE. 79 — St. Anthony Finds Lost People..

158 80 — A Mistake in Reckoning Dis covered 160 81— The Lost
Railway Ticket 161 82 — The Lost Document 161 83 — Clearsighted
165 84 — Found Again 168 85 — Seven Hundred Francs Recov ered
171 86 — Paper Money Returned 172 87— The Valuable Sketch 173
88 — From Caffraria 175 89— The Stolen Watch 177 90 — "See, the
Watch is Found!" 178 91 — St. Anthony is Ever Ready to assist 181
92 — Striking Combination of Circum stances 184 93 — Pilgrimage
to St. Anthony's Church at Oberachern 186 94 — Sickness Yields to
the Interces sion of St, Anthony of Padua. . 189 95 — Incontestable
Miracle 191 96 — Praise be to God and His Holy Servant Anthony
194 97 — Prompt Assistance 195 98 — Paralysis Cured 197 99 — A
Needle Swallowed 198 100 — St. Anthony Bestows the Gift of
Medical Penetration 200
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io Contents. ioi— Swelling of the Throat Cured. .. . 202 102

— How St. Anthony Listens to His Clients 204 103 — The Signet Ring
205 104 — The Wedding Ring 207 105— The Thread in the Water
208 106 — Three Examples of Lost Money Found 209 107 — Trust
and Hope 210 108 — St. Anthony's Assistance 211 109 — The Lost
Washing Found 214 PART IV. DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS TO ST.
ANTHONY. no— The Antiphons of St. Anthony in the Form of Prayer
221 in — Prayers for Every Day of the Nine Tuesdays in Honor of St.
Anthony 223
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PART I. MIRACLES WORKED DURING THE LIFE OF ST.

ANTHONY. 1.— £be /flMracle of {Tongues. AMONG the saints of the
Church few are better known than the great St. Anthony of Padua.
Endowed with great natural gifts, enjoying excellent health, a
powerful voice, combined with great eloquence, an admirable
delivery, a perfect knowl edge of the Scriptures and theology, he
was, soon after his ordination, sent to preach in France, Italy and
Portugal. Although in his youth he had never spoken anything but
Portuguese, he, like the apostles after Pentecost, re ceived that
wonderful gift of tongues,
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12 Miracles Worked During which not only enabled him to

preach even with eloquence in French and Italian, but to make
himself under stood by people from all parts of the world. An
instance of this may be given: When ordered by the Holy See to
preach the Lenten sermons at Rome he was perfectly understood by
the immense multitude from all nations, whom the renown of his
great sanctity and marvellous gifts had attracted. This same gift was
of most frequent occurrence during his missionary career. 2.—
2>umb Bnfmals ©beg tbe Safnt. There was near the monastery of
the Friars Minor, at Montpellier, a large pool filled with frogs, whose
per petual croakings greatly disturbed the saint and his community.
At last,
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the Life of St. Anthony. 13 wearied by this perpetual noise,

he de termined to put an end to it, and going to the pond, after
blessing it, ordered the frogs to stop their croaking, which at once
ceased, and the pond from that time was called St. Anthony's Pond.
But stranger still, if a frog was taken out of this pond and placed in
another, it instantly recovered its power of croaking, while it was just
the reverse were a strange frog put into St. Anthony's Pond. 3.—
Cbe Sermon to tbe fffsbes at IRfmfnf. During the eleventh and
twelfth centuries Europe had much to suffer from various heresies,
more especially from that of the Albigenses, which in fested the
south of France and north of Italy.
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14 Miracles Worked During God, ever watchful over His

spouse, the Church, soon raised up two great men, St. Francis and
St. Dominic, who, with their sons, came to her as sistance. St.
Anthony of Padua, on account of his great sanctity and learning, was
chosen by his superiors to be one of the first to enter the battlefield.
Ri mini, in Romagna, in spite of all the endeavors of the Holy See
and of its own saintly bishop, continued to re main the hotbed of
heresy, and here it was St. Anthony began his arduous task of
conversion. The heretics, on hearing who was to enter the lists
against them, were filled with dismay, but instigated by the evil one,
resolved at any cost to face their enemy. The saint on his arrival met
with the reverse of a cordial reception; the
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the Life of St. Anthony. i5 church in which he was to begin

his labors was empty, save for a few old men and women; but his
longing for the glory of God and salvation of souls was too great to
make him hesi tate for a moment. He therefore as cended the pulpit,
and preached with such earnestness and zeal that the heretics, on
hearing about it, deter mined to leave nothing undone to get rid of
one who was so dangerous an opponent. This great servant of God,
being in formed of their intentions, withdrew to a remote part of the
city, to pre pare himself by prayer, fasting and penance for the
encounter, imploring at the same time the mercy of God on this poor
benighted people. His enemies had, however, not lost sight of him,
and on seeing him leave his retreat, some of them followed him
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1 6 Miracles Worked During to the place where the river

Marecchia empties itself into the Adriatic. Here the saint stopped,
and in a loud voice commanded the fishes of the sea and river to
come forth and listen to the word of God, saying: "Come, ye
senseless fishes of the deep, and by your attention to the word of
your God and mine, put to shame these men, who in their blindness
and hard ness of heart refuse to hear it." The words were barely out
of the saint's mouth before a great commo tion was noticed in the
sea. Thou sands of fishes of every size and species were seen to
come in the great est order to its surface, the smaller ones placing
themselves in front, and the larger ones behind. Then began one of
the most extraordinary sermons ever preached. The saint addressed
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the Life of St. Anthony. 17 them as if they were beings

endowed with reason. "Oh! ye fishes of the deep, praise and thank
your God and Creator for the unspeakable blessings He has lav ished
on you, favoring you above all dumb animals. See and admire the
beautiful home He, in His infinite goodness, has prepared for you;
look at those crystal waters, in which it is so easy for you to find a
refuge against the storm and the enemy. Not only has He provided
for all your wants, but He has made you prolific above all other
creatures. You alone have been exempted from the domin ion of
your fellow beings and from His wrath at the time of the deluge. To
you it has been given to save His prophet Jonas; to cure His blind
ser vant. Tdbias; to be the food of the pen itent; to procure for the
Saviour of
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1 8 Miracles Worked During mankind and His disciples the

tribute money due to Caesar; it was after His Resurrection by eating
of your flesh He proved He was truly risen from the dead; it was
over your heads He walked on the sea, and after the great draught
of fishes, He called His apos tles 'fishers of men.' " The fishes
seemed to be filled with admiration, and anxious not to lose one of
his words, their numbers ever increasing, marking their approval by
the lifting up and down of their heads, the opening of their mouths,
but not one of them thought of leaving the spot till the saint had
blessed -them, and ordered them to return to their homes below,
when they immediately disappeared. But the commotion of the
waters continued for some time after. In the meantime, so deep had
been the impression made upon the
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the Life of St. Anthony. ig bystanders, eye-witnesses of this

re markable scene, that many hastened back to the city, imploring
their friends to come and see the miracle; others burst into tears,
and kneeling at the feet of the saint, implored for giveness, while
only a few remained obdurate in their heresy. St. Anthony, availing
himself of this opportunity, at the close of the ser mon to the fishes
addressed the im mense multitude now gathered to gether,
exhorting them to repentance, rebuking them for their unbelief and
ingratitude, pointing out to them the heinousness of sin, and
showing them what a lesson of obedience the fishes had just given
them. It was through this sermon that Rimini was purged from
heresy.
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20 Miracles Worked During St. Bntbons is Unvofcefc for

Xost anO /IIMslato The following incident in the life of St. Anthony
accounts for his being invoked for lost and mislaid articles: During
his stay at the Franciscan monastery at Montpellier St. Anthony was
not only engaged in preaching, but also in teaching theology to his
younger brethren. It was here a most extraordinary adventure
happened to one of his novices. The latter, weary of the monastic
life, suddenly left the monastery, taking with him a book of psalms,
copied and anno tated by the saint for the benefit of his pupils. The
loss of this book was deeply felt by St. Anthony, as books at that
time were only written, the art of
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the Life of St. Anthony. 21 printing being unknown, an

ordinary book costing at least a hundred dollars of our money. In the
year 1240 the monks at Camaldoli paid as much as two hun dred
gold ducats for an illuminated missal. (See History of Pope Inno cent
III., volume iv.) Whole fortunes sometimes were spent in the
purchase of a single book. What pained the saint evenmore than the
loss of a work invaluable to him, was the outrage committed against
God, and the spiritual danger threat ening the culprit. The saint, with
his usual trust in God, at once betook himself to prayer, humbly
imploring the divine mercy on the unhappy youth, and at the same
time asking for the restitution of his book. His prayer was barely
finished before it was heard. Just at that moment, as the
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22 Miracles Worked During thief was about to cross a

bridge, the devil, in the shape of a hideous negro, appeared before
him with an axe in his hand, threatening at once to kill him and
trample him under foot if he did not immediately retrace his steps.
The novice, terrified at the sight of the monster, hastened to obey,
and falling at the feet of the servant of God, not only gave back the
book, but im plored forgiveness, begging to be re admitted into the
monastery. The saint, full of gratitude to God, readily forgave the
culprit, warning him at the same time against the snares of the devil
and encouraging him to persevere in his holy vocation. The stolen
book has been for years preserved in the Franciscan monas tery at
Bologna.
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the Life of St. Anthony. 23 5.— B dfcessen0et from 1bcll

"dnmaefteD. While the saint was preaching at Puy a messenger
suddenly appeared in the midst of the congregation, call ing out to a
ladyin a loudvoicethather son had been foully murdered by his
enemies. Anthony, who easily dis covered who the messenger was,
com manded silence by a motion of his hand, and, after consoling
the lady by telling her that her son was never in better health in his
life and that she would shortly see him, added that the supposed
messenger was no other than the evil one, who had only come in
the hopes of disturbing the sermon and marring its effects. This
proved per fectly true, as the pretended messenger at once
vanished. The saintly preach er then availed himself of the oppor
tunity thus presented to him to warn
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24 Miracles Worked Ditring his hearers against the artifices

of the evil one. 6,— abe Consoler of dfcotbers. Whilst at Brives God
glorified His servant by making him work many miracles. A poor
woman had gone to hear the saint preach, leaving her child alone,
with no one to take care of him. During her absence the little one
fell into a caldron of boiling water, and on her return she found him
playing unhurt in his dangerous bath. But a greater miracle than that
was worked on another occasion. A mother having left her infant at
home by itself, in order to go and hear the sermon, found him on
her return dead in his cradle. In the midst of her grief she rushed
back to the church and in 
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the Life of St. Anthony. 25 formed the saint of what had

taken place. "Go home," he replied, "your son liveth," making use of
the same words as Our Lord did when the father asked Him to cure
his son. Full of confidence in St. Anthony, she has tened back, and to
her great joy, found the baby up and playing with his little
companions. 7.— Gbe IRain IRespects tbe ffrfenfc of tbe Saints. It
happened one day that the cook of the monastery at which the saint
was staying had nothing to give the brethren to eat, and went and
told An thony of his difficulty. The saint at once went to see a pious
lady he knew, begging her to have compassion on his brethren and
send them a few cab bages. So great was the veneration
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26 Miracles Worked During in which he was held that she

imme diately, in spite of the inclemency of the weather, for it was
pouring rain, ordered her servant to go into the garden and cut as
many vegetables as the monks would require. The maid obeyed and
took them to the convent. Notwithstanding the drench ing rain, she
returned home perfectly dry, and, full of admiration, said to her
mistress: "When you want something done for Father Anthony or the
other monks, do, pray, send me; I would not care if the weather was
a thousand times worse than to-day; see, there is not a drop of rain
on my clothes and my shoes are not even damp." The lady, full of
admiration, earnest ly recommended the monks to the care of her
only brother, a canon at Noblet, entreating him to assist them, as far
as lay in his power, and to rest
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the Life of St. Anthony. 27 assured that God would reward

him a hundredfold for his charity. 8.— Bn ^itraorOinar^ propbecg.
While the saint was at his monas tery at Puy he used sometimes to
meet a lawyer, who led a very bad and profligate life. Every time
they met the saint would uncover his head and bow most
respectfully to him. Think ing the servant of God was only laugh ing
at him, the lawyer one day turned round and said to him: "If I did
not fear the judgment of God I would soon make you repent of
insulting one who has never injured you, by thrust ing my sword
through your body." The saint replied that, far from having any
intention of insulting him, he only bowed through a feeling of deep
love and respect, for in thus saluting him he was saluting one who
was to be a
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28 Miracles Worked During glorious martyr, and begged of

him, when undergoing his tortures, not to forget him in his prayers.
The lawyer for the time being laughed at what seemed to him to. be
a most unlikely thing. Strange to say, the prophecy was shortly
afterwards fulfilled. A bishop started for Palestine, with the intention
of converting the Saracens, and urged on by a secret impulse from
heaven, the lawyer followed him. On his arrival he was suddenly
filled with such a desire to convert the infidels that he himself at
once began to preach the truths of the Christian re ligion to them
and point out the wickedness of Mahometanism, which so enraged
these fanatics that after making him a prisoner and torturing him for
three days, they put him to death. When about to die he revealed to
those present how the saintly
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the Life of St. Anthony. 29 Father Anthony had predicted his

martyrdom, declaring at the same time that a great prophet had
risen in their midst. 9.— St. Sntbons tbe Consoler of per* secuteo
Women. St. Anthony always took a great in terest in women in-
distress, or perse cuted, and they therefore look on him as their
special protector. Among those who, owing to the sanctity of the
Franciscans, held them in great veneration and aided them in their
daily wants, was a lady who suf fered much from a jealous and irrit
able husband. One evening, after fin ishing some work and making
some purchases for the Brothers, finding it too late to take them to
the monastery that night, she took them home with
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30 Miracles Worked During her. This so greatly roused the

anger and jealousy of her husband that, not content with loading
her with re proaches, he pulled almost all her hair off her head. The
poor woman was naturally greatly hurt at such treat ment, but full of
confidence in her good Father Anthony, after carefully gathering up
all her hair, she wrote, begging of him to call on her the next day.
Her trust in the saint was not misplaced. After hearing her story he
immediately on his return to his mon astery, summoned his
community to gether and begged of them to unite with him in
praying for their bene factress. These prayers were not in vain, for
before they were finished the pain left her and her head was
covered with hair, as if nothing had happened. The sight of this
miracle was not only the means of converting her husband,