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St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous saints in the Catholic Church, partly because of his connection to St. Francis of Assisi and also because he is popularly invoked as the patron saint of lost items.
St. Anthony’s feast day is today, June 13. But you may not be aware that there’s another important day of the year when St. Anthony is celebrated in Padua: Feb. 18, the day his tongue was removed.
Thankfully, this took place after the saint had died, during the first of two exhumations of the saint in the year 1263, three decades after his death.
Father Mario Conte, OFM Conv, one of the 50 friars who minister in the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, told CNA in 2022 that when the tomb was opened all those years ago, what was found was “really exceptional” — St. Anthony’s jaw and tongue appeared to be incorrupt.
According to Catholic tradition, saints who are miraculously preserved from decay give witness to the truth of the resurrection of the body and the eternal life in heaven that is to come.
“All the body had gone to ashes and bones basically, apart from the vocal apparatus, which was still wet and soft,” Conte explained.
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St. Anthony’s feast day is today, June 13. But you may not be aware that there’s another important day of the year when St. Anthony is celebrated in Padua: Feb. 18, the day his tongue was removed.
Thankfully, this took place after the saint had died, during the first of two exhumations of the saint in the year 1263, three decades after his death.
Father Mario Conte, OFM Conv, one of the 50 friars who minister in the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, told CNA in 2022 that when the tomb was opened all those years ago, what was found was “really exceptional” — St. Anthony’s jaw and tongue appeared to be incorrupt.
According to Catholic tradition, saints who are miraculously preserved from decay give witness to the truth of the resurrection of the body and the eternal life in heaven that is to come.
“All the body had gone to ashes and bones basically, apart from the vocal apparatus, which was still wet and soft,” Conte explained.
Continued below.
The opening of St. Anthony’s tomb and the ‘Feast of the Tongue’
St. Anthony’s feast day is today, June 13, but you may not be aware that there’s another important day of the year when St. Anthony is celebrated in Padua.
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