Which St. Anthony? Every Saint Named Anthony

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Which St. Anthony? 13 saints and blesseds named Anthony have full entries in this encyclopedia, counting the name in other languages (Antoine, Antonio). They are listed below with their dates, feast days and a line on who each one was, arranged century by century.

A name carries a story, and many holy men and women have carried this one. Whether you are choosing a baptismal or confirmation name, looking for the saint behind a parish or a feast, or simply trying to tell one St. Anthony from another, we hope this page helps you find the right one, and that you will ask that saint's prayers along the way. Among the best loved are St. Anthony of Padua, St. Anthony the Great and St. Anthony Mary Claret.

4th century

  • St. Anthony of Antioch died c. 304 · Feast day January 9

    St. Anthony of Antioch was a priest martyred with Sts. Julian and Basilissa under Diocletian, around 304.

  • St. Anthony the Great c. 251–c. 356 · Feast day January 17

    St. Anthony the Great (about 251 to 356) was an Egyptian who gave away his inheritance, lived for decades as a hermit in the desert and drew so many followers that he is called the father of monks.

11th century

  • St. Anthony of Kyiv 983–1073 · Feast day July 10

    St. Anthony of Kyiv (983–1073), called Anthony of the Caves, was a monk from Liubech, tonsured on Mount Athos, who came home to live in a cave above the Dnieper.

13th century

  • St. Anthony of Padua 1195–1231 · Feast day June 13

    St. Anthony of Padua (1195–1231) was a Portuguese Franciscan friar and preacher, born in Lisbon, who spent his last years in Padua, Italy.

15th century

  • Blessed Anthony Neyrot c. 1423–1460 · Feast day April 10

    Blessed Anthony Neyrot (about 1423–1460) was a Dominican priest from Rivoli who was captured by pirates, denied his faith in Tunis, then repented and publicly confessed Christ before the ruler of Tunis.

16th century

  • St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria 1502–c. 1539 · Feast day July 5

    St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502–1539) was a doctor from Cremona who became a priest and founded the Barnabites, the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul and a fellowship of married lay people.

17th century

  • St. Antoine Daniel 1601–1648 · Feast day October 19

    St. Antoine Daniel (1601–1648) was a French Jesuit who spent fourteen years among the Huron in present-day Ontario.

18th century

  • Blessed Anthony Baldinucci 1665–1717 · Feast day November 7

    Blessed Anthony Baldinucci (1665–1717) was a Florentine Jesuit whose poor health kept him from the missions in Asia, so he spent twenty years preaching popular missions in the towns and villages of central Italy,…

  • Blessed Antonio Lucci 1682–1752 · Feast day July 25

    Blessed Antonio Lucci (1682–1752) was a Conventual Franciscan theologian whom Pope Benedict XIII made bishop of Bovino in Apulia.

19th century

  • Blessed Antonio Rosmini 1797–1855 · Feast day July 1

    Blessed Antonio Rosmini (1797–1855) was an Italian priest and philosopher who founded the Institute of Charity (the Rosminians) and the Sisters of Providence.

  • St. Anthony of Optina 1795–1865 · Feast day August 20

    St. Anthony of Optina (1795–1865) was a Russian Orthodox monk who, with his elder brother St. Moses, founded and led the skete of Optina Monastery, where the great tradition of the Optina elders began.

  • St. Anthony Mary Claret 1807–1870 · Feast day October 24

    St. Anthony Mary Claret (1807–1870) was a Catalan weaver who became a priest, a tireless popular preacher, the founder of the Claretian Missionaries, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and confessor to Queen Isabella II of…

  • St. Antonio Maria Pucci 1819–1892 · Feast day January 12

    St. Antonio Maria Pucci (1819–1892) was a Servite friar who served as parish priest of Sant'Andrea in Viareggio for 45 years; the townspeople called him "il Curatino," the little parish priest.

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