{"id":25252,"date":"2018-04-21T09:31:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=25252"},"modified":"2018-04-25T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T09:02:29","slug":"the-saint-of-the-world-an-anthonian-in-padua-by-bernard-vancuylenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-saint-of-the-world-an-anthonian-in-padua-by-bernard-vancuylenburg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saint of the world &#8211; AN ANTHONIAN IN PADUA &#8211; By Bernard VanCuylenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">The Saint of the world &#8211; AN ANTHONIAN IN PADUA &#8211; By Bernard VanCuylenburg<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25320\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Basilica-of-saint-Anthony-in-Padua-e1524646908340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"897\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kA-EzRu89bU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To set the scene for this article I have to\u00a0 commence with a reference to Hypnos, who in Greek and\u00a0 Roman mythology is\u00a0 the\u00a0God of sleep. His son Morpheus\u00a0 is the God of dreams, but\u00a0 Hypnos and I have never been on amicable terms. For years my patterns of sleep have been fragmented,\u00a0 and many are the nights I have\u00a0 laid awake when sleep\u00a0evaded me, waiting for dawn&#8217;s golden light. I have often wondered if, as boarders at St. Anthony&#8217;s College Kandy, the\u00a0 infernal tolling of the bell at the ungodly hour of 5.30 am. to wake us boarders, is in some way to blame for this\u00a0 condition !!\u00a0 A &#8220;Sleep in&#8221; beyond the sound of the bell was an impossibility !!<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The night of April the 11th 2016 was one when all hope of sleep vanished from the time I laid my head on the pillow, but I do not blame Hypnos for this, because my thoughts were focused on the journey I was to undertake the following day. I was bound for Padova (Padua) in Northern Italy, the city associated with the patron Saint of our Alma\u00a0 Mater, Saint\u00a0 Anthony of Padova. This was a spiritual\u00a0 journey I had\u00a0planned on my own, and I\u00a0 would spend time in Padova discovering as much as I could about Saint Anthony and the Basilica famous the world over. My travels would take me from Melbourne to Milan via Dubai. From Milan, I travelled by train to the\u00a0city of Padova, a journey of two hours and fifteen minutes. The heavens must have smiled on me because on perusing my travel\u00a0 itinerary I was pleasantly surprised\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0 glad &#8211; to note that I would be travelling on the Airbus\u00a0 A\u00a0&#8211; 380 on the journey to and from\u00a0 Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It was a journey of a dimension which far excelled many others as I was to discover, except for the\u00a0 three trips which I made to the sacred shrine of Our Blessed Lady in Guadalupe Mexico, a few years ago, and the Marian\u00a0 shrines of Lourdes and Fatima. On a wing and a prayer, the giant airbus glided down the runway at 6.35 pm. and lifted off\u00a0gracefully, with its four Rolls Royce Trent-900 engines at full\u00a0 throttle, roaring defiantly into the\u00a0 dark night, and the long journey ahead\u00a0 with a\u00a0 complement of 480 passengers on board, as I later found out\u00a0from a friendly stewardess. After an hour&#8217;s\u00a0 stopover in Singapore, I arrived in Dubai at 4.50 am (Dubai time)\u00a0 for a welcome four hour transit stop, and at 9.50 am on the 13th morning took off for Milan. Although Milan&#8217;s Malpensa\u00a0 International airport is about 55 kilometres away from\u00a0 the city of Milan, there is a\u00a0 train from the airport\u00a0 every 30 minutes to take travellers\u00a0 to the city, after one clears immigration and customs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As in most European capitals, the infrastructure regarding getting to and from international airports is excellent, and I took this train called the &#8220;Malpensa Express&#8221; which takes one direct\u00a0 to the Milan Central railway station, from where my train to Padova\u00a0 was scheduled for departure at 6.15 pm. At 18 hours 15 minutes on the dot, the streamlined sleek super train hummed out of Milan Central station and after a very comfortable journey I arrived in Padova at 8.15 pm from where a very professional and friendly taxi driver took\u00a0 me to my hotel in fifteen minutes. &#8220;When in Rome, do as the Romans do&#8221; is the old cliche. Taking this a step further, I did as the Italians do! !\u00a0 I navigated my way, putting my knowledge of Italian to good use which I found elicited many smiles and made life much\u00a0 easier. I am sure reverend Father Rosati the principal at Saint Anthonys, reverend Father Tonini the Warden, and the late Father Valentine would have been very proud !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The next morning after a healthy and appetising buffet breakfast I headed for the Basilica of Saint Anthony which was about a 35 minute\u00a0 walk from the hotel. My first sight of the basilica simply\u00a0stunned the senses due to its immense size, and\u00a0 sheer architectural beauty and style, which laid the foundation for builders of the Italian renaissance about three hundred years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Construction of the basilica began in 1232 and was completed\u00a0 towards the end of\u00a0 that century. It was dedicated to St.Anthony of Padova who\u00a0 was born in Portugal in 1195 and died in Padova in 1231. He\u00a0 was the only son of\u00a0 wealthy parents, Martin de Bouillon a businessman, and Teresa de Tavera who belonged to the Portuguese nobility. This journey completed the circle for me because when I visited Portugal years ago\u00a0 entering overland\u00a0 from Spain, I passed through the birthplace of Saint Anthony, &#8220;Villa Real De Sant Antonio&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The polyglot style of this colossal structure incorporates rising eastern domes atop a Gothic\u00a0\u00a0brick\u00a0 structure crammed with renaissance treasures. It is one of the world&#8217;s most\u00a0important art treasures and one of christianity&#8217;s favourite\u00a0 religious attractions. On completion of this\u00a0 masterpiece, the body of the saint was reinterred\u00a0 in a\u00a0 special side altar known as &#8220;Il Capello del Santo&#8221; (The chapel of the\u00a0 saint). There are crowds waiting to enter\u00a0 this chapel where his\u00a0tomb is covered with requests, petitions, and also many thanksgivings\u00a0 for favours granted. This chapel is a light filled renaissance confection lined with nine beautiful panels vividly depicting his life in extraordinary relief sculptures executed by the best Venetian sculptors of\u00a0 the day. Like the other altars in the basilica, they are\u00a0 a\u00a0 work of sheer beauty, and were completed around 1510. The other section attracting pilgrims and visitors alike is &#8220;Il\u00a0Caporo Del Tesoro&#8221; (The TreasuryChapel) behind the high\u00a0 altar, where the relics of\u00a0St.Anthony\u00a0are on display. One is his\u00a0uncorrupted\u00a0tongue, and the other, his chin with some of the teeth still visible, and a jaw bone. When Saint\u00a0 Bonaventure had his body exhumed in 1273, the tongue of\u00a0 the saint was found to\u00a0be still fresh, moist\u00a0and life-like\u00a0 as in the days when he preached the word of God. In unbridled rapture saint Bonaventure cried out\u00a0 &#8220;O\u00a0 blessed tongue that always blessed the Lord ! It is now manifest what great merits thou didst possess in his sight&#8221;!\u00a0The sesamoid bone, a fragment of his skin and some hair from his\u00a0 body are also preserved in a special reliquary. This chapel also houses a habit he wore (fully black), and the original\u00a0 coffin in which his body was placed soon\u00a0 after his\u00a0 death. Saint Anthony died in the nearby town of Arcella and was buried there. After the completion of the basilica his body was exhumed and then reinterred in the\u00a0 &#8220;Capello del Santo&#8221;\u00a0 chapel where it lies to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With the permission of Pope John Paul 2nd, a\u00a0scientific examination of the body of the saint was conducted in1981, seven hundred and fifty years after his death. To the surprise of the experts and the medical and scientific community, it was found that his vocal apparatus was still intact. This again complements Saint Bonaventure&#8217;s discovery of his uncorrupted tongue during the first examination\u00a0 of\u00a0 the body in 1263. In his lifetime he was referred to as\u00a0 &#8220;The honey- mouthed Doctor&#8221;, a reputation which still\u00a0 persists 785 years after his death. I make bold to say that the miracles which Saint Anthony performed in his lifetime\u00a0 were as dramatic as the miracles performed by Our Lord\u00a0 Jesus Christ, and on a jarring note it occurred to me that\u00a0 even though our Alma Mater was named after this great saint,\u00a0we were never given detailed\u00a0 information by the powers that be in college, on the life of our\u00a0 patron, other than celebrating his feast day on the13th June. I recall there was a hymn sung in his honour at Mass on the day, (&#8220;If great wonders thou desirest\u00a0 hopeful to Saint Anthony pray&#8230;.). And that was it, other than the statue of St. Anthony which stood\u00a0 atop the college tower for all the world to see. The saints\u00a0 mortal remains were again displayed for\u00a0 the veneration of\u00a0 the faithful during the last exposition in February 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Consider these miracles which have all been\u00a0 authenticated and recorded:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(1).\u00a0 To confound the heretics and prove to\u00a0\u00a0them\u00a0the\u00a0presence of Jesus Christ in the\u00a0\u00a0Blessed\u00a0Eucharist,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 he made a\u00a0 a\u00a0donkey \u00a0kneel\u00a0down and adore it !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(2).\u00a0\u00a0 On another occasion, when men refused to gather\u00a0around\u00a0 and hear the word of God, he\u00a0came\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0the\u00a0mouth\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0 Marecchia river where it\u00a0\u00a0flows &#8211; into\u00a0the\u00a0Adriatic sea in the town of Rimini, and\u00a0began<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0preaching\u00a0 to the fish. Eye\u00a0witness accounts\u00a0 record that\u00a0within\u00a0\u00a0minutes, rows of\u00a0 fish\u00a0popped their heads<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heads\u00a0through the surface of\u00a0the\u00a0water, as if\u00a0\u00a0straining\u00a0 to listen\u00a0to his words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(3). The classic miracle is the one recorded by\u00a0witnesses\u00a0where he caused a\u00a0\u00a0baby to speak in order to\u00a0\u00a0give<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 witness to the\u00a0innocence of his mother who had been unjustly\u00a0accused of adultery by her jealous husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(4).\u00a0 He miraculously reattached the foot of a\u00a0\u00a0young man, which\u00a0had been\u00a0cut\u00a0off by an axe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">These are only a few among the many miracles he performed. The miracles already mentioned\u00a0 have been well\u00a0illustrated by some excellent sculptures on display in the basilica. But what must be mentioned is that\u00a0 in human history, only three persons had the gift of bilocation. One was Jesus Christ, the other was Padre\u00a0 Pio\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 now Saint Pio, and then there is Saint Anthony. They could be in two different places simultaneously. In the case\u00a0 of Saint Anthony it is\u00a0well documented that once while preaching in Padova, he was also present in Lisbon to give evidence in a case in which his father stood accused of calumny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Basilica of Saint Anthony is a veritable\u00a0 museum full of renaissance\u00a0 art treasures. In\u00a0 the\u00a0cloisters, there are wall plaques with inscriptions and some tombs\u00a0 dating from the 15th and 16th centuries\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; and some before that period.There is a special &#8220;St. Anthony&#8217;s Museum&#8221; and one could easily spend a day\u00a0 here going through all the exhibits\u00a0on display\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 paintings of the saint depicting how he looked in real life, vestments worn by the priests who served in the basilica from the 15th century down to the present day, church ornaments such as chalices etc. and four display cases housing letters and mementos of thanksgiving for favours\u00a0granted&#8230;&#8230;most of these letters written in Italian and\u00a0 dating from the 16th century would move the hardest heart to tears. A\u00a0 priceless treasure is preserved in the library of the basilica\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; a copy of the document of Saint Anthony&#8217;s cannonization signed by Pope Gregory the 9th and dated the 30th May 1232.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">PADUA. (PADOVA)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This beautiful city is only half an hour away from Venice by train. It seems a world away with its medieval marketplaces, fascist-era facades , a vibrant student population and ruins of her Roman past. An extraordinary series of fresco cycles recalls the\u00a0 golden age of Padova. In the Capella della Scrovegni (Chapel of the scriptures) dating from the 13th century which I visited, there are paintings by Giotto, and two classics among others\u00a0worthy of special attention. One is\u00a0 Menabuoi&#8217;s &#8220;The Heavenly Gathering&#8221; and the other is by Titian called &#8220;Santo Anthonio nella Scolleta del santo&#8221;( &#8220;St.Anthony in the school of saints&#8221;). Padova&#8217;s Roman past is also evident with some ancient walls, and two bridges over the river which meanders through sections of this city. The walk from my hotel to the basilica took me around 30 &#8211; 35\u00a0 minutes, and\u00a0it was a very pleasant walk along the\u00a0 banks of the river, charming little cafes, and along some ancient streets through very old traditional residential areas. All this was complemented by the friendliness of the Italian people whose warm smiles are as charming as their Neapolitan airs and the golden sunshine on the waters of the blue Meditteranean. Of course I was happy to return\u00a0home, but on the day of departure I had an ache in my heart, leaving this city which had enchanted me from my first day, and some friends I made among the hotel staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I also visited the university of Padova which still has sections dating from the 14th century. Unfortunately my visit was ill timed because I went there on a Saturday when the archival section was\u00a0 closed, a fact unknown to me. I was thus unable to access the ancient records on display. I knew that at one time Leonardo Da Vinci was a student, of this prestigious seat of learning, and even Saint Anthony may have preached here\u00a0according to some historians. The basilica of Saint Anthony is the main attraction for visitors to Padova. They come in droves\u00a0 &#8211; tour groups, pilgrims, the curious, the believers and non-believers, the broken and the marginalized, the hopeful and the hopeless. They hail from Italy and lands far beyond. I aver that many of them pin their hopes and faith on two lines from one of the hymns to the saint, referred to by Pope Leo the\u00a0 13th as &#8220;The saint of the whole world&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;..&#8221;If great wonders thou desirerest, hopeful to St.Anthony\u00a0 pray&#8230;&#8230;&#8221; This is the hymn which we sang at college during the mass for Saint Anthony on June the13th, the day of his feast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">FINALE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Homeward bound I occupied seat No.48G in the economy section of the giant airbus from Milan International, drained of energy, physical and emotional. The days I spent in Padova resurrected many memories of my schooldays at Saint Anthony&#8217;s College Kandy in sharp focus&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;warm and nostalgic memories which will never fade. It has been a long journey from my Alma Mater and visits to Saint Anthony&#8217;s Church in Kochikade in adult life, and finally two visits to the genesis of it all\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 the basilica of saint Anthony in the city of Padova. (I also visited Padova in May 2017). It is a structure of sheer scale, exquisite detailing and hidden treasures with endless revelations. On a spiritual level it is a journey which will never end&#8230;&#8230;..\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">On a hill far away stands a great college. Atop the tower of that college is a statue of Saint Anthony which maintains a lonely vigil and is a landmark for generations of Anthonians who somewhere in time, have entered and departed the\u00a0portals of this educational institution, and then gone their separate ways down life&#8217;s road. Many Anthonians have followed their destinies to the four corners of the globe, but it is the golden memory of our schooldays and life as we experienced it growing up at St. Anthony&#8217;s college which is the tie that binds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bernard-VanCuylenburg-e1520937199613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Bernard VanCuylenburg<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saint of the world &#8211; AN ANTHONIAN IN PADUA &#8211; By Bernard VanCuylenburg To set the scene for this article I have to\u00a0 commence with a reference to Hypnos, who in Greek and\u00a0 Roman mythology is\u00a0 the\u00a0God of sleep. 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