Feast of St Anthony in Cassino

Feast of St Anthony in Cassino: "Cassino is just one of the many cities where people celebrate the saint on the 13th of June: St Anthony is considered as one of the most important saints of the Church, and his worship is very widespread and still alive. To turn Fernando Martim de Bulhões e Taveira Azevedo (this is his real name) into a saint loved and venerated worldwide have contributed the many miraculous events that were ascribed to him shortly after his death, and which led to his canonization in very short time: he died in Padua on the 13th June 1231 and was proclaimed saint the next year, on the 30th of May by Pope Gregory IX, who had assisted his sermons and knew him well. Gregory IX also determined the date for the liturgical feast in his honour (the 13th of June). St Anthony also received another important recognition in 1946, when pope Pius XII bestowed the title of Doctor Evangelicus upon him in virtue of the value of his writings and his sermons." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article on Feast of St. Anthony in Cassino, Italy.) ...