Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church

 

St. Anthony decided to become a Franciscan (he was an Augustinian) after the headless and mutilated bodies of Sts. Bernard, Peter, Otho, Accursius, and Adjutus were brought to his monastary. They had been killed in North Africa by some cult or other - Baptists? Seventh Day Adventists? Mormons? It'll come to me...

Anyway, he was known for his preaching (he was called the "Hammer of the Heretics"). Once while preaching and realizing no one was listening, he went and preached to the fishes. Above is an actual photo!

Over 300 years after his death, his body was exhumed and his body had decomposed - EXCEPT for his tongue!

St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost articles (physical things, not mental).