Publisher's Synopsis
PART I. MIRACLES WORKED DURING THE LIFE OF ST. ANTHONY. 1 The Miracle of Tongues 7 2 Dumb Animals Obey the Saint 7 3 The Sermon to the Fishes at Rimini 8 4 Why St. Anthony is Invoked for Lost and Mislaid Things 11 5 A Messenger from Hell Unmasked 12 6 The Consoler of Mothers 13 7 The Rain respects the Friend of the Saints 13 8 An Extraordinary Prophecy 14 9 St. Anthony the Consoler of Persecuted Women 15 10 Truth from the Lips of a Little Child 16 11 Broken Goblet and Running Barrel 17 12 The Carved Capon 18 13 The Apparition of the Holy Child. 19 14 Flight to Lisbon 20 15 St. Anthony Again Rescues His Father 22 16 Where Your Treasure Is, There Also is Your Heart 22 17 St. Anthony Cures a Cripple 24 18 Bilocation of the Saint 25 19 Wind and Rain Obey St. Anthony 25 20 Zeal for the Word of God 26 21 The Saint's Sermon is Heard at a Great Distance 26 22 Cure of a Paralyzed Child 27 23 A Martyr's Death Predicted 28 24 Death of St. Anthony. 28 PART II. MIRACLES WORKED AFTER THE DEATH OF ST. ANTHONY. 25 A Skull Injured 29 26 The Picture of St. Anthony 30 27 In Company with St. Anthony 30 28 Boys Playing in a Mill Stream 30 29 Back from Paradise 31 30 Assassins Frightened 32 31 A Strong Shield 33 32 Dragged by a Mule 33 33 A Scoffer Changed into an Admirer 34 34 A Glass as Hard as a Rock 34 35 A Wish Granted 35 36 A Poor Clare Cured 35 37 Places Exchanged 36 38 "Do You Know Me?" 37 39 A Son Restored to His Parents 38 40 Gangrene Cured 39 41 "Take Courage" 39 42 A Good Name Restored 40 43 A Lunatic Cured 41 44 A Happy Death Obtained 41 45 Crushed by the Fall of a Tree 42 46 Marriage Portion 42 47 Saved from Suicide 43 48 Great Harvest 45 49 The Storm Ceases and the Sea Becomes Calm 45 50 "She is All Right Now" 46 51 The Beacon 46 52 The Singer in the Boat 47 53 Chains as an Altar Decoration 47 54 St. Anthony is Never Invoked in Vain 48 55 King Charles II of England 49 56 The Grateful Captain 49 57 A Child Stolen 50 58 Erysipelas Cured through invoking St. Anthony 51 59 The Bishop's Ring 51 60 The Manuscript Ready for the Press 52 61 Heard during Mass 52 62 An Ant employed as Porter 53 63 Returned at Midnight 53 64 The Victorious Admiral 54 65 Saved from the Scaffold 56 66 A Choirmaster without Employment 60 67 A Costly Ex Voto 61 68 The Franciscan Church of St. Anthony in the Tyrol 62 PART III. PETITIONS GRANTED IN MORE MODERN TIMES 69 Saved from Eternal Damnation 64 70 St. Anthony Converts an Officer 64 71 The Heathen Baptized on His Death-bed 66 72 St. Anthony assists Poor Nuns 67 73 Honor Vindicated 67 74 St. Anthony assists all Those Who Invoke Him 68 75 Saved from Drowning 69 76 Preserved from Fire 69 77 St. Anthony's Protection 69 78 Saved from Shipwreck and other Difficulties 70 79 St. Anthony Finds Lost People 71 80 A Mistake in Reckoning Discovered 72 81 to 108 omitted here because of too many characters for description. 109 The Lost Washing Found 96 PART IV. DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS TO ST. ANTHONY 110 The Antiphons of St. Anthony in the Form of Prayer 100 111 Prayers for Every Day of the Nine Tuesdays in Honor of St. Anthony 101
