Saint Anthony - Dog Tag Religious Medal

• One of the most beloved of saints. His images and statues are ubiquitous. Proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on January 16,

• 1946, he is sometimes called "Evangelical Doctor". He is especially invoked for the recovery of things lost ("Saint
• Anthony,
• Saint Anthony, please come around. Something is lost and cannot be found."). On January 27, 1907" Beaumont, Texas, a
• church was dedicated and named in honor of St. Anthony of Padua. The church was later designated a cathedral in 1966 with
• the formation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont, but was not formally consecrated. On April 28, 1974, St Anthony
• Cathedral was dedicated and consecrated by Bishop Warren Boudreaux. In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI granted St. Anthony
• Cathedral
• the designation of minor basilica. St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica celebrated its 100th anniversary on January 28, 2007.
• Seventeenth century Spanish missionaries came across a small Native American community along what was then known as the
• Yanaguana River on the feast day of Saint Anthony and renamed the river and eventually a mission built nearby in his
• honor.
• This mission would at first become the focal point of a small community that would eventually grow in size and scope to
• become the city of San Antonio.

Catalog ID: PG90555

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