CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Anthony of Padua
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua; Christian Religious Observance; June 13; Lisbon-born Portuguese Franciscan friar; one of the greatest preachers of all time, and much beloved; a doctor of the church. Patron saint of poor people and oppressed people, and invoked for the return of lost articles. In Latin countries, the patron saint of lovers. Unofficial patron saint of Lisbon.