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..."If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."
Icon image of St. Anthony of Padua. St. Anthony is shown holding a flaming cross in his left hand and the Child Jesus in his right.
Icon greeting cards are single-fold cards printed on heavy stock, 4.38" x 5.93". The cards are blank inside for your own message or custom imprint and have an explanation of the history and symbolism of the icon printed on the back.
One of the most popular saints in Catholicism, the great Evangelical Doctor, St. Anthony of Padua (d. 1231) was actually from Lisbon, Portugal. He was a renowned preacher and one of St. Francis of Assisi’s favorite disciples.
St. Anthony is dressed in the simple religious habit of a Franciscan, a hooded robe bound at the waist by rope. In one hand he holds a flaming cross, alluding to his fiery preaching of the Gospel. In his other arm he holds the Christ Child. This imagery stems from depictions of the saint reading the scriptures, and the infant Christ appearing in the book as the living Word of God. Over time this developed into the image of the baby Jesus standing on a gospel book, and later images in which the Bible disappeared completely, leaving only the child. In Christ’s lap is a basket containing bread for the poor—a symbol of St. Anthony’s care for those less fortunate.
St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost items, also of pregnant and barren women, and is known for his special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
