Saint Anthony

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I watched the movie “Saint Anthony” tonight, and I’m wondering if the beginning of the movie has any basis in historical knowledge of St. Anthony: that he left the woman he was mutually in love with, and was called a coward by his father who was then killed in battle, in order to join a monastery?
 
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I watched the movie “Saint Anthony” tonight, and I’m wondering if the beginning of the movie has any basis in historical knowledge of St. Anthony: that he left the woman he was mutually in love with, and was called a coward by his father who was then killed in battle, in order to join a monastery?
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I own that movie, and I still need to view it a second time. The miracle of the fishes was beautiful to see.

While searching the web for information on his early life, it appears that St. Anthony of Padua entered the religious life at age 15. There’s not a lot known for certain of his parentage, except that they were nobles. Based on these pieces of information I would guess that the love interest, and the fight with swords where he wounded a friend, were movie fictions, but showed the chivalry of the age quite well.
 
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