Saint anthony biography facts for kids

Ever since I was a little boy, Grandpa Great has read me stories about Saint Anthony from his huge library of books. Grandpa Great really liked my idea of picking one of the amazing stories about Saint Anthony from my favorite book and telling you about it.

 

At first I was going to pick the story about how Anthony helped save his father from unjustly going to prison for a crime he didn’t commit by asking Jesus to raise from the dead the man who could prove that Anthony’s father was innocent!

Jesus heard Anthony’s prayer, the dead man came alive again and spoke the truth, then Anthony’s father was declared innocent!

 

However, I decided to write out my all time favorite story about Saint Anthony.

I think you will love it as much as I do.

Saint anthony biography facts for kids printable

It goes like this:

 

Have you ever heard of Saint Anthony of Padua? He lived in the very early years of the thirteenth century in the country of Italy. He was a wonderful priest who would move people