Believe
me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings,
their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their humility, but
most of all their ardent love of Christ our Lord. As soon as he sees
the sign of the Cross, he flees in terror.
– Saint
Anthony the Abbot
Saint
Anthony the Abbot's
patronage: Amputees;
animals; basket makers; basket weavers; brushmakers; butchers;
cemetery workers; domestic animals; eczema; epilepsy; epileptics;
ergotism (Saint Anthony's fire); erysipelas; gravediggers; hermits;
hogs; monks; pigs; relief from pestilence; skin diseases; skin
rashes; swine; swineherds; Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome.
