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title: "St. Anthony of Padua: Feast Day June 13 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/
description: "St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church, patron of lost things and the poor. Feast day June 13, died c. 1231. Read their life in Bless."
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Priest and Doctor of the Church · Feast day June 13

# St. Anthony of Padua

The feast day of St. Anthony of Padua is June 13, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of lost things and the poor.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [June 13](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#13) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Priest and Doctor of the Church |
| Died | c. 1231 |
| Patron of | [lost things](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#lost-things), [the poor](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#poor) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, June 13, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/#calendar) |

## Life

A Portuguese Augustinian who jumped ship to the Franciscans hoping for martyrdom in Morocco, and was blown by storm and providence to Italy instead. At an ordination where no one had prepared a sermon, the young friar was told to speak — and astonished everyone.

Francis himself commissioned him to teach theology, so long as it did not extinguish the spirit of prayer. His sermons drew crowds of thirty thousand at Padua, where he burned himself out by thirty-five. Rome canonized him within a year, and the world asks his help finding everything it loses.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Anthony of Padua as patron of lost things and the poor.

[Lost things](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#lost-things) [Poor](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#poor)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) the poor · August 10
- [St. Giles](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/) the poor · September 1

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Anthony of Padua. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, June 13, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/13/) | Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Ezekiel 17:22-24 · Psalm 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16 · 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 · Mark 4:26-34 |
| [Tuesday, June 13, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/13/) | St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Memorial) | White | 1 Kings 17:7-16 · Psalm 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 · Matthew 5:16 · Matthew 5:13-16 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[June 12 St. John of Sahagún](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-sahagun/) [June 14 St. Methodius I of Constantinople](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-methodius-i-of-constantinople/)

[All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 13?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-13) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Anthony of Padua

Feast day June 13

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/#calendar)

In the app

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