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Contents 1 Miracles 2 American Indians 3 disambig of St Vincent 4 Disambiguation of Evangelical (Doctor) 5 Birth Year 6 WHAT'S IN A NAME? 7 Saint Anthony of Lisbon?...

[edit] Miracles

The article asserts Anthony's miracles as if they actually happened, which is a PoV, to say the least. Velho 23:33, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Speaking as a Catholic, I have to agree. A little less hagiography would be in order. Jhobson1 23:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] American Indians

"...against American Indians" ?!?!?!?!?! olivier 08:39, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] disambig of St Vincent

I changed the link from Saint Vincent to Vincent of Saragossa. I couldn't directly verify that it was that Vincent that the abbey is named after, but given that it's in Lisbon it seems almost guaranteed that Saragossa is the saint which is intended here. -- Deville (Talk) 16:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation of Evangelical (Doctor)

The word "Evangelical" in the phrase "Evangelical Doctor" was linked to the Evangelical disambiguation page. A brief search suggested to me that this should be disambiguated to Gospel (i.e. the books written by the Evangelists) as a source of inspiration for Anthony, but I'm wondering whether it should link to Evangelism instead. Perhaps someone who is more familiar with why Anthony is called the Evangelical Doctor could confirm whether I've pointed to the right place or else change the link? Thanks. Paddles ^T_C 08:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birth Year

His birth year is not certain. It took place probably betwen 1190-1195. Tradition says he died aged c. 36. The exact day and month isn´t also known, it was created by tradition too. User:Mistico 21:41, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Why does this article identify St. Anthony as being born Fernando but refer to him throughout as Ferdinand? (72.237.127.253 14:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Saint Anthony of Lisbon?...

Note that throughout the Portuguese-speaking world, St. Anthony is known as St. Anthony of Lisbon, and while it's not the patron saint of Lisbon (the honour falling to Saint Vincent of Saragossa), it's the country's most popular saint (being the second patron of Portugal), specially on the southern parts. He's the patron of lovers, and known as "St. Anthony the Matchmaker" (he allegedly was a good mediator of conflicts between couples in his lifetime), and lots of popular cults have sprouted over the ages related to that — on the saint's day, June 13th, "St. Anthony's Brides" celebrate marriages at his church in Lisbon which are sponsored by the Lisbon Town Hall for the poor who cannot afford the cost of a celebration. June's popular feasts, throughout the older parts of the city, are a major attraction and focus for many tourists, and the highlight is St. Anthony's day, a local holiday on several cities in Portugal (again, more commonly in the south and around Lisbon, like Cascais).

The official name of the saint is however traditionally of the city where he died, not the one where he was born and raised. About 300 million people (Catholics or not) in eight Portuguese-speaking countries, however, recognise St. Anthony as being of Lisbon. There are a lot of trivia related to St. Anthony; to this day, he draws a military salary from a regiment in Lagos (in the south part of Portugal) as well as from a Brazilian unit, since in both cases, these military units have pledged the saint for help against their foes in battles on the 17th century. Almost all homes in Catholic Portuguese-speaking countries will have some sort of image of St. Anthony, or even "St. Anthony's Bread" that is popularly given away on the saint's day and preserved for a whole year. FUCKING HOMO. HAHA. KIDDING (L)

The Portuguese page for Saint Anthony tends to illustrate several of those trivia and gives a more popular account of St. Anthony's live and popular cult. He's definitely by far the most beloved saint of all Portuguese-speaking Catholics.

Gwyneth Llewelyn 01:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)