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St Anthony's Bread. "An equally famous legend is the one called “Saint Anthony’s Bread.” The oldest version of Saint Anthony’s life extant is called the Rigaldina, and it recounts the period when the …More
St Anthony's Bread.
"An equally famous legend is the one called “Saint Anthony’s Bread.” The oldest version of Saint Anthony’s life extant is called the Rigaldina, and it recounts the period when the Basilica of Saint Anthony (after the saint’s death) was being constructed in Padua, Italy. It seems that a young mother had a little boy named Thomas, who was 20 months old. It so happened that she left her son alone in the kitchen. Busy mother that she was—like all mothers are—she probably had to attend to something in the interim and would return shortly to her kitchen duties as well as her son. However, Thomas—like all little boys everywhere—couldn’t be still for long: he saw a tub of water and decided it was play time. Unfortunately, he ended up head first in the tub of water; and when his mother returned, she found her son lifeless. The mother let out a desperate scream and then, an even more desperate prayer: she called upon the saint of Padua in her hour of distress. She made a vow:…More