Anthony’s period of peaceful retreat in the Montepaolo hermitage comes to a sudden end as his life takes an unexpected turn
After the Chapter of Mats, Anthony, ill and bewildered, did not know where to turn; fortunately, Friar Gratian came to his aid
What did Saint Anthony experience during the 1221 Pentecost General Chapter, a watershed moment in the history of the Franciscan Order?
With his hopes for martyrdom shattered, our Saint finds himself on a new path, one that would lead him to seeing the founder of his newly embraced Order
