Forensic experts attempt to reconstruct face of St. Anthony

cna ^ | June 13, 2014

[Prospero]

Oh... THAT St. Anthony... While definitely interesting, I admit to being disappointed the modeling was not of Anthony the Great, the anchorite who lived in Egypt in the 4th century.

Just as well. These works aid in drawing interest in history.

[Verginius Rufus]

In 1231, the year that St. Anthony died, June 13th was a Friday the thirteenth just like this year. At least according to the calendar table in The World Almanac.

[NYer]

Thanks for the link. I have a great devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. All aspects of his life, biography, writings, miracles, etc. are found in this book.

I was hoping something similar existed for St. Anthony.

[Churchillspirit]

The nuns at school were frequently losing their sleeves (the large ones they wore for going outside the convent).

St Anthony's name was mentioned a lot!

[johngrace]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I never heard these stories. Jesus is awesome.

[AnAmericanMother]

I got this excellent book about St. Francis. It analyzes and compares all the major contemporary and near-contemporary sources. I highly recommend it.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 6/13/2014. Thanks NYer.

Photo credit: Cicero Moraes

When a Brazilian expert was asked to reconstruct the appearance of an ancient person, all he was told was that the skull belonged to a 36-year-old man. The face was that of an ordinary-looking male, perhaps somebody easily forgotten when passed on the street. Only afterward did the expert find out that he had helped millions of believers to gaze upon the real face of Saint Anthony.

Born in 1195, St. Anthony became a monk at 15 when he joined the Augustinians. Two remarkable events mark the career of this great saint, one in life and the other in death. While alive, he personally met with the famous St. Francis of Assisi, and the second was how fast he was canonized. The second fastest in history, St. Anthony was sainted merely a year after he died at a convent in 1231.

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