3 unknown miracles of Saint Anthony: the child who speaks, the bread of the poor, the foot reattached

We continue to tell you about the miracles that happened thanks to St. Anthony.

The child who speaks

This is the story of a family from Ferrara. In this family the miracle of life has just happened. The woman has just given birth but the husband does not want to hold or know anything about the creature. He fears that son is not his and that it is the fruit of a betrayal.

St. Anthony decides to take the little one in his arms and tell him, in the name of God, who is the real father. Miraculously, the child looks at the man and tells him in a clear voice that he is the real father. So St. Anthony hands him over to his father and tells him to love his family and take care of it.

The bread of the poor

Tommasino he was just 20 months old when his mother, after leaving him alone, found him drowned in a bowl of water. In desperation, the woman invokes the help of the Saint, promising him that if she had brought her son back to life, she would have given the poor so much bread as the weight of the newborn. Tommasino miraculously reopened his eyes and the woman kept her promise.

From this moment the tradition of the pondus pueri, the prayer with which parents asked for protection and blessing for their children, giving bread in exchange.

The foot reattached

This is the story of Leonardo, a man from Padua, who confesses to St. Anthony that he had kicked his mother and that his foot deserves to be cut off instantly. As soon as he gets home, filled with remorse, he decides to cut it off Really. The news soon made the rounds of the country. When he reaches the ears of Saint Anthony, he decides to go to the young man's house and after an oration, joins the leg to the severed foot making the sign of the cross.

The foot, as for miracle it fastens to the leg and the man full of happiness thanks God and the Saint.