Anthony of Padua (1195 – 1231)
Born Fernando Martins de Bulh?es, was a Portuguese Franciscan priest, later venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.
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Sicut turris defendit castrum sic humilitas cordis defendit castitatem corporis a iaculis fornicationis.
He knew everything in Scriptures and used to quote it by heart; he knew even its most arcane and difficult passages.
Sicut radix portat arborem, sic humilitas animam. Spiritus humilitatis est super mel dulcis, quo qui regitur dulcia poma facit.
Si quaeris miracula,
Mors, error, calamitas,
Daemon, lepra fugiunt,
Aegri surgunt sani.
Cedunt mare, vincula:
Membra resque, perditas
Petunt et accipiunt
Iuvenes et cani.
Pereunt pericula,
Cessat et necessitas:
Narrent hi, qui sentiunt,
Dicant Paduani.
Sollicitudo mentem distrahit, distractam dividit, divisam diabolus rapit, et sic animam interficit.
Stellae sunt sancti, quos Christus sub signaculo suae providentiae claudit, ne appareant quando velint, semper parati ad tempus a Deo statutum, ut, cum audierint aure cordis vocem iubentis, a secreto contemplationis egrediantur ad opera necessitatis.
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