𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟓 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐙𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Greatly inspired by Saint Paul—his congregation is named the Barnabites, after the companion of that saint—Anthony preached with great vigor in church and street, conducted popular missions, and was not ashamed of doing public penance.

Anthony encouraged such innovations as the collaboration of the laity in the apostolate, frequent Communion, the Forty Hours devotion, and the ringing of church bells at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays. His holiness moved many to reform their lives, but as with all saints, it also moved many to oppose him. Twice his community had to undergo official religious investigation, and twice it was exonerated.

While on a mission of peace, Anthony became seriously ill and was brought home for a visit to his mother. He died at Cremona at the age of 36.

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑

𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘡𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.