Anthony is the patron saint of:
•against barrenness
•against shipwreck
•against starvation
•against starving
•against sterility
•American Indians
•amputees
•animals
•asses
•boatmen
•domestic animals
•elderly people
•expectant mothers
•faith in the Blessed Sacrament
•fishermen
•harvests
•horses
•lost articles
•lower animals
•mail
•mariners
•oppressed people
•paupers
•poor people
•pregnant women
•sailors
•seekers of lost articles
•starving people
•swineherds
•travel hostesses
•travellers
•watermen
•Brazil
•Portugal
•Tigua Indians
•Beaumont, Texas, diocese of
•Masbate, Philippines, diocese of
•Timmins, Ontario, diocese of
•Amantea, Italy
•Anzio, Italy
•Cianciana, Agrigento, Italy
•Dorado, Puerto Rico
•Favara, Italy
•Ferrazzano, Italy
•Giano Vetusto, Italy
•Lisbon, Portugal
•Nicolosi, Italy
•Padua, Italy
•San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico
•San Fulgencio, Spain
•Sandia Indian Pueblo
St. Anthony of Padua is the saint to pray to for help in finding lost articles.
St. Anthony of Padua
The most popular saint for single women looking for a spouse is St. Anthony of Padua.
St. Anthony of Padua is the saint who helps us find lost articles. An old practice was to pray to St. Anthony and turn his statue to face a corner or the wall and telling him he would not be turned back around until the lost item was found.
St. Anthony of Padua was canonized as a saint in 1232, less than a year after his death.
The statue of St. Anthony of Padua stands in the Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas. St. Anthony is considered the patron saint of lost causes and is honored at the site for his intercession during the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
St. Anthony of Padua is traditionally prayed to when seeking lost items. Many people believe he can help find lost possessions due to a story about him recovering a precious book of psalms that was lost by a novice.
St. Anthony of Padua was born in the year 1195. The precise date is not known.
Click on the link below to read the biography of the beloved St. Anthony of Padua
If you are referring to St. Anthony of Padua, no, he was born in Portugal.
St. Anthony of Padua
There is no patron saint of all marine animals. The closest are St. Neot, Patron Saint of Fish; St. Brendan the Navigator, Patron Saint of Whales (along with sailors, mariners, etc.); and St. Kentigern, Patron Saint of Salmon.