Catholic hagiography and iconography present St. Anthony of Padua to us as an exceedingly placid man, a man whose orderliness of soul is even reflected in the harmonious folds of his Franciscan habit. Indeed, the invariable composure of his vesture is a type of seismograph of the orderliness of his extraordinary mind.
From his fine lips come ready replies that made of him the magnificent defender of the Faith against heresies.
His whole person gleams with the purity, chastity and serenity of the Saint who accomplished so much for God’s glory.
