COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
mid/late 19th century
Title:
San Antonio de Padua
Title:
Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231
Location name:
Philippines
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Accession number:
RU0481
Measurements display:
41.91 cm (including 12.7 cm base) x 8.89 x 5.08 cm; base itself is 12.7 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm
Santo Subject:
San Antonio de Padua (Saint Anthony of Padua)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Lived:
1195-1232
Feast Day:
June 13
Patronage:
Patronage: Finder of lost articles, and probably of lost animals; patron of animals, especially burros and cattle; patron of the home; invoked by married women who want to have children, by girls to find a worthy husband; for orphans; patron of miracles.
Note:
Born in Lisbon, became a Franciscan, was trained by San Francisco himself, became a great preacher and miracle-worker. New Mexicans sang several hymns in his honor. Sometimes dressed in a Franciscan robe, holding a palm, a lily, or a flowering branch, occasionally a heart; he holds the Niño; wears the tonsure.
Rights text:
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