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Anthony of St. Michael was a native of Arles, in Provence, and recollet of the province of St. Denis. He was a man of piety, zeal, and knowledge, and founded the Confraternity of the Guardian Angel, for which he acquired a. considerable extension by his discourses and writings. He died July 13, 1650, leaving, among … Continue reading “Anthony of St. Michael”

Anthony of Sienna A Dominican theologian, so called because of his great veneration for St. Catharine of Sienna, b. near Braga in Portugal, hence sometimes known as “Lusitanus”; d. at Nantes, 2 January, 1585. He studied at Lisbon, Coimbra, and Louvain, taught philosophy for several years in the latter place, where he was made Doctor … Continue reading “Anthony of Sienna”

Anthony of Padua, Saint Confessor of the faith; born in Lisbon, Portugal , 1195 ; died Vercelli, Italy , 1231 . Educated at the cathedral school, he joined the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine in 1210 ; in 1212 he retired to the Convent of Santa Croce where he remained for eight years in study … Continue reading “Anthony of Padua, Saint”

Anthony Of Lebrija or, with a Latin name, Antonious Nebrissensis, a Spanish theologian and historian, born in 1442, and died in 1522. He was appointed by Cardinal Ximenes professor at the university Alcala de Henares, and colaborer at the Complutensian Bible Polyglot. He was also biographer of Ferdinand the Catholic. He wrote, besides a number … Continue reading “Anthony Of Lebrija”

Anthony Of Baloche (or OF VERCELLI, so called from the place of his birth), was a Franciscan of the Congregation of Regular Observantines. He was a very celebrated preacher, and flourished about 1480. His Quadragesimale de duodecim Excellentiis Christiance Fidei was printed af Venice in 1492, and at Lyons in 1504. He also wrote a … Continue reading “Anthony Of Baloche”

Anthony Melissa (so called from the sweetness of his discourses) was a Greek monk, and is said to have lived about 1140. He wrote; Libri’I Locorum Communium, or of sentences collected out of .the fathers concerning the. virtues and vices, published at Paris, in Latin, 1575, 1589, and contained in the Biblioth. Patrum, tom. v. … Continue reading “Anthony Melissa”

Anthony Maas Exegete , born Bainkhausen, Westphalia, Germany, 1858; died Saint Andrew’s-on-the-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1927. He was educated at public and private schools and the gymnasium at Arnsberg, Westphalia; the Jesuit scholasticates at Manresa, New York, Woodstock, Maryland, and Manresa, Spain. He came to the United States, entered the Society of Jesus, 1877, and … Continue reading “Anthony Maas”

Anthony, M. R a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Jackson County, O., Feb. 12, 1823. He joined the Church at the age of eighteen; emigrated to Missouri in 1846; and in 1851 united with the St. Louis Conference, which connection he held, with the exception of a short interval, until … Continue reading “Anthony, M. R”

Anthony Le Quien founder of the Congregation of the Holy. Sacrament of the Order of St. Dominic, was born in Paris, Feb. 23, 1601, and assumed the habit of his order Aug. 16, 1622. He was a man of strictly religious and austere life, and was the means of withdrawing multitudes of persons from the … Continue reading “Anthony Le Quien”

Anthony Kohlmann Educator and missionary, born Kaiserberg, Alsace, 1771; died Rome, Italy, 1836. He was ordained priest after completing his theological studies at Fribourg, and joined the Congregation of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart, 1796. After two years as a military chaplain he became the director of a seminary and a college. In 1803 … Continue reading “Anthony Kohlmann”