St. Anthony of Padua was a Franciscan friar, known as a gifted preacher and for his closeness to Christ.

Novena Begins: 4, June
Feast day: 13, June
Birth: 1195
Death: 1231
Canonized: Pope Gregory IX in 1232
Patron saint of :lost things, lost souls, lost people, amputees, barrenness, Native Americans, horses, mail, mariners, oppressed people.