Anthony of Padua - impressive polychrome oak wood Saints
France origin - 1.30 metres tall - 39 cm wide -28.5 cm deep - weight 33.3 kilograms! Antony displayed in brown Franciscan habit and one of his attributes, the lily (symbol of virginity) - the child Jesus depicted as a small adult.Anthony of Padua (Lisbon, 15 August June ), born as Fernando Martins de Bulhões into a rich, noble family, was a friar who was a theologian and a Doctor of the Church - he is regarded as an important holy person -he is the patron saint of the Franciscan order, lost objects, women and children, the poor, bakers, miners, marriage, travellers and lovers and patron against shipwreck, the plague and fever. He is also invoked by Catholics when objects are gone - from as early as the 13th century the holy Anthony of Padua is known for his help in finding lost objects. In reasonably good condition with signs of old age - top side of head a dry dryness/shrinkage crack that has been filled with glue - the hands of Jesus are missing - all around there is some loss ofthe polychromehere and there. Read More