"16th Century Wooden Statue Saint Anthony"
SAINT ANTOINE DE PADOUE, oak wood sculpture from the 16th century, work from the north of France, original polychromy, accidents and losses. Fernando Martins de Bulhões, in religion brother Antoine, born in 1195 in Lisbon and died on June 13, 1231 near Padua, is a Portuguese Franciscan priest, master of spiritual doctrine, renowned preacher and miracle worker, who was canonized in 1232, less than 'a year after his death, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1946