. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. St. Antony. 1. The saint, after laying aside the Augustine habit, receives the Fran-ciscan habit at Coimbra in Portugal. On this occasion he dropped hisbaptismal name of Ferdinand, and took that of Antony, the patron of theconvent at Coimbra. 2. A certain noble lady, dwelling in Padua, was the wife of a valiantofficer ; and not less remarkable for her beauty and modesty, than for herparticular devotion to the saint. Her husband, wrought upon by somemalignant slanderer, stabbed his innocent wife in a transport of jealousy,and t
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. St. Antony. 1. The saint, after laying aside the Augustine habit, receives the Fran-ciscan habit at Coimbra in Portugal. On this occasion he dropped hisbaptismal name of Ferdinand, and took that of Antony, the patron of theconvent at Coimbra. 2. A certain noble lady, dwelling in Padua, was the wife of a valiantofficer ; and not less remarkable for her beauty and modesty, than for herparticular devotion to the saint. Her husband, wrought upon by somemalignant slanderer, stabbed his innocent wife in a transport of jealousy,and then rushed from his house in an agony of despair and remorse ; butmeeting St. Antony, he was induced to return home, where he found his.
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