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The "Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish" (Portuguese: Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes) is a sermon written by Portuguese Jesuit priest António Vieira, preached to the congregation at the Church of Saint Anthony in São Luís do Maranhão, Colonial Brazil, on 13 June 1654.
Suddenly there were thousands of fish neatly arranged in rows, all pushing their heads through the surface of the water as if they were straining to listen to every one of Anthony’s words. The people of Rimini, seeing this miracle, gathered to listen to Anthony.
As he spoke of God’s care for those creatures that live in the waters, a shoal of fish swam near to the bank, partly thrusting themselves out of the water and appearing to listen carefully. At the end of his sermon, the Saint blessed them and they swam away.
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The Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish, is one of the Father António Vieira’s best known literary works. This sermon was preached in S. Luís do Maranhão in Brazil on 13 June (Saint Anthony’s Day...
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Sermon to the Fishes. The story goes that one day Anthony went to Rimini where there were a lot of heretics. He started to preach, but they did not want to listen to him, and they even mocked him. In a dramatic gesture, Anthony went to the seashore, saying... Read more. Saint Anthony's Miracles. Aleardino’s Glass.
The "Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish" is a sermon written by Portuguese Jesuit priest António Vieira, preached to the congregation at the Church of Saint Anthony in São Luís do Maranhão, Colonial Brazil, on 13 June 1654. It is Vieira's most famous work.
St. Anthony’s famous “Preaching to the Fishes” took place near Padua. Anthony, nicknamed “The Hammer of Heretics,” felt a pressing need to preach the Gospel of Christ. To prove the faithlessness of the heretics, he made a point of preaching to some nearby fishes, “creatures without reason.”
