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Blessed Anthony Of Milan

Also known as: Anthony Cantoni; Antonio…

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

15-Mar

Died

Beheaded on 15 March 1314 at Arzenga, Armenia; their severed arms and legs were hung on the city walls as a warning, their bodies dragged to the fields to be left for wild animals; body parts collected and buried by a local priest and his parishioners

Biography

Blessed Anthony of Milan, also known as Anthony Cantoni or Antonio, was a Franciscan missionary assigned to Armenia with the noble mission of improving the conditions of Christians and spreading the faith to any open-minded Muslims. Born into obscurity, not much is known about Anthony's early life or his family background.

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