• Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
  • Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift TheHolyArt
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Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift

Saint Anthony of Padua icon, Handmade Greek Christian Catholic icon of Saint Anthony of Lisbon, Religious art wall hanging wood plaque gift

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This wonderful icon has been created with the technique of lithography and has a double varnish to ensure waterproof and duration in time. The creator of this icon has learned the canonization of iconography in workshops of the Monasteries of Mount Athos, where he was taught both the technique of lithography and the process of handmade artificial ageing.


Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born into a wealthy family and by the age of fifteen asked to be sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, the then capital of Portugal. During his time in the Abbey, he learned theology and Latin.


Following his ordination to the priesthood, he was named guestmaster and was responsible for the abbey's hospitality. When Franciscan friars settled a small hermitage outside Coimbra dedicated to Saint Anthony of Egypt, Fernando felt a longing to join them.


Fernando eventually received permission to leave the Abbey so he could join the new Franciscan Order. When he was admitted, he changed his name to Anthony.


Anthony then traveled to Morocco to spread God's truth, but became extremely sick and was returned to Portugal to recover. The return voyage was blown off-course and the party arrived in Sicily, from which they traveled to Tuscany. Athony was assigned to the hermitage of San Paolo after local friars considered his health.


As he recovered, Anthony spent his time praying and studying.


An undetermined amount of time later, Dominican friars came to visit the Franciscans and there was confusion over who would present the homily. The Dominicans were known for their preaching, thus the Franciscans assumed it was they who would provide a homilist, but the Dominicans assumed the Franciscans would provide one. It was then the head of the Franciscan hermitage asked Anthony to speak on whatever the Holy Spirit told him to speak of.


Though he tried to object, Anthony delivered an eloquent

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