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St.Anthony of Padua
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𝗦𝗧. 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗔
𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟯𝗧𝗛 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘
Born : 15 August 1195 (Lisbon, Portugal)
Died : 13 June 1231 (aged 35)
Beatified : 30 May 1232
Canonized : 30 May 1232 by
Pope Gregory IX
𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦
St. Anthony of Padua was born in Lisbon, Portugal as Fernando Martins de Bulhões in a wealthy and noble family of Bulhões.
At the age of 15, he entered the St. Augustine religious order (Canons of the Holy Cross) at the Abbey of St. Vincent on the outskirts of Lisbon.
At the age of 17, he moved to the HQ (Monastery of the Holy Cross) in Coimbra, capital of Portugal. Far from his hometown, he dedicated his 9 years of life to focus on his prayer life and his studies. He was ordained priest before he turned 19 years old.
𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗡
While serving at the monastery, he met some Franciscan Friars that settled at the St. Anthony the Great Hermitage outside of Coimbra and was attracted to their simple and evangelical lifestyle. The order was established 11 years prior. St. Francis of Assisi was still alive at this time.
Some of their Friars were preaching about Christ at the mosques in Spain. Despite all warnings, they continued in Morocco and were tortured and beheaded there. The bodies of the first five Franciscan martyrs were returned to Portugal and were buried at the monastery where young Fernando lived.
While others viewed this event as tragic, young Fernando deemed it as glorious and was inspired by it. He wanted to pursue the Franciscans’ efforts in Morocco.
After some thoughts, he made a momentous decision to join the Franciscan Order.
He asked permission to leave the St. Augustine Order and after facing many challenges from the senior Augustinians, he was allowed to leave and promptly joined the Franciscan Order. He assumed the name of Anthony in honor of the patriarch of hermitage (St. Anthony the Great), by which he was to be known.
𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚
St. Anthony surely has a twisted fate. While he was evangelizing and intending for martyr in Morocco, he fell ill and made voyage to return back to Portugal.
But he ended up in Northern Italy where he has made an unplanned sermon in one occasion at the convent where he was staying and his talent in preaching was realized by chance and noticed by St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of his order.
St. Francis then assigned him to become teacher for his fellow Friars and lead the public preaching. He permanently resided in the city of Padua, Northern Italy.
Written record stated that he had made around 400 trips between Italy and France for his public preaching.
There was legend where he preached at the shoreline and the fishes emerged to listen to his words.
𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗦
Stories of miracles attributed to St. Anthony occurred both in his lifetime and also after his death through the intercession prayers of the faithfuls.
He is popular as patronage of lost item due to a story when his Psalm book was stolen by a fellow Friar, but due to his diligent prayers, the Friar then repented and returned the book to him.
There was also story about a drowned child brought back to life through intercession prayer by the child’s mother to St. Anthony.
𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 & 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗
St. Anthony suffered from fungus infected disease (Ergotism) and died at the Monastery of Poor Clare of Assisi, in Arcella, Padua. He was 35 years old.
He was canonized as Saint in less than a year after his death due to several miracles during his life and after his death. In 1946, Pope Pius XII officially declared St. Anthony a doctor of the church.
Note: A doctor of the church is a person whose teaching on faith has been deemed sound and of benefit to the church through their writing, study, or research.
*𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑖 𝑘𝑒 𝐵𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑎*
𝗧𝗔𝗛𝗨𝗡 𝗧𝗔𝗛𝗨𝗡 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗟
St. Anthony dari Padua dilahirkan di Lisbon, Portugal sebagai Fernando Martins de Bulhões dalam keluarga Bulhões yang kaya dan mulia.
Pada usia 15 tahun, dia memasuki ordo St. Augustine (Kanon Salib Suci) di Biara St. Vincent di pinggir Lisbon.
Pada usia 17 tahun, dia berpindah ke Ibu Pejabat (Biara Salib Suci) di Coimbra, ibu kota Portugal. Jauh dari kampung halamannya, dia mendedikasikan 9 tahun hidupnya untuk menumpukan pada kehidupan yang kudus dan pelajarannya. Dia ditahbiskan menjadi paderi sebelum usianya menjangkau 19 tahun.
𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗔𝗗𝗜 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗡
Semasa berkhidmat di biara, dia bertemu dengan beberapa biarawan Franciskan yang menetap di pertapaan St. Anthony the Great di luar Ibu kota Coimbra dan tertarik dengan gaya hidup mereka yang ringkas dan penuh penginjilan. Ordo itu ditubuhkan 11 tahun sebelum ini. St. Francis of Assisi masih hidup pada masa ini.
Beberapa saudara mereka sedang berkhutbah tentang Kristus di masjid-masjid di Sepanyol. Walaupun telah diberi amaran keras untuk menghentikan aktiviti mereka, mereka meneruskan penginjilan ke Morocco dan akhirnya diseksa dan dipenggal di sana.
Mayat lima martir Fransiskan yang pertama ini telah dikembalikan ke Portugal dan dikebumikan di biara tempat Fernando muda tinggal. Walaupun orang lain melihat peristiwa ini sebagai tragis, Fernando muda menganggapnya sebagai gemilang dan beliau sangat terinspirasi oleh peristiwa ini. Jiwa beliau membuak-buak untuk meneruskan usaha Fransiskan di Morocco.
Selepas berfikir dengan masak, dia membuat keputusan penting untuk menyertai Ordo St. Francis. Dia meminta kebenaran untuk meninggalkan Ordo St. Augustine dan selepas menghadapi banyak cabaran daripada golongan kanan Augustinians untuk keluar dari Ordo itu, beliau akhirnya dibenarkan berpindah menyertai Ordo Franciskan.
Dia mengambil nama Anthony sebagai nama Franciskan beliau sebagai penghormatan kepada patriark pertapaannya (St. Anthony the Great), yang dengannya dia dikenali sehingga kini.
𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗞𝗪𝗔𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗥
St. Anthony mempunyai perjalanan hidup yang berbeza daripada apa yang diinginkannya. Semasa dia menginjil dan berniat untuk martir di Morocco, dia tiba tiba jatuh sakit dan terpaksa membuat pelayaran untuk kembali ke Portugal.
Tetapi pelayarannya berakhir di Itali Utara di mana dia tinggal di satu biara di situ dan pada satu hari dia telah membuat khutbah yang tidak dirancang kepada pelawat pelawat Dominikan. Dan di sinilah bakatnya dalam berdakwah disedari secara kebetulan dan St. Francis dari Assisi telah mendengarkan ini. St. Francis kemudian bertemu dengannya dan menugaskannya untuk menjadi guru untuk mengajar saudara-saudara Franciskanya dan memimpin khutbah umum. Beliau menetap secara tetap di bandar Padua, Itali Utara.
Rekod bertulis menyatakan bahawa dia telah membuat kira-kira 400 perjalanan antara Itali dan Perancis untuk khutbah awamnya.
Terdapat legenda di mana dia berkhutbah di pinggir pantai dan ikan-ikan muncul untuk mendengar kata-katanya.
𝗠𝗨𝗞𝗝𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗧
Kisah-kisah mukjizat yang dikaitkan dengan St. Anthony berlaku semasa hayatnya dan juga selepas kematiannya melalui doa perantaraan umat beriman.
Dia terkenal sebagai pelindung barang yang hilang kerana terdapat satu kisah di mana buku Mazmurnya dicuri oleh rakan seperjuangan. Dia berdoa agar pencuri itu mengembalikan buku itu, tiba tiba saudara itu datang kembali untuk mengembalikan buku itu kepadanya dan bertaubat atas perbuatannya.
Terdapat juga cerita tentang seorang kanak-kanak lemas yang dihidupkan semula melalui doa perantaraan oleh ibu kanak-kanak itu kepada St. Anthony.
𝗞𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗬𝗧𝗜𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜 𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗞𝗨𝗗𝗨𝗦 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗝𝗔
St. Anthony menghidap penyakit jangkitan kulat (Ergotism) dan meninggal dunia di Biara Poor Clare of Assisi, di Arcella, Padua. Dia berumur 35 tahun ketika kematiannya.
Dia dikanonkan sebagai Orang Kudus dalam masa kurang dari setahun selepas kematiannya kerana beberapa mukjizat semasa hidupnya dan selepas kematiannya.
Pada tahun 1946, Pope Pius XII secara rasmi mengisytiharkan St. Anthony sebagai doktor gereja.
Nota: Doktor gereja ialah orang yang pengajarannya tentang iman telah dianggap baik dan memberi manfaat kepada gereja melalui penulisan, kajian, atau penyelidikan mereka
𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦
𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑀. 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 12, 2023