Description
The Sanctuary of the Arcella, which the people of Padua call Sant'Antonino, is the Neo-Gothic church of the Arcella neighborhood, north of central Padua, built around the cell where Saint Anthony died on June 13, 1231.
The heart of the sanctuary is the Cell of the Transitus, surrounded by chapels. On top of the bell tower rises a larch-wood statue of Saint Anthony, 5.5 meters tall, carved by Silvio Righetti in 1922. The church plays on red and white, the colors of Padua.
Anthony, ill, was being carried from Camposampiero to Padua on an ox-drawn cart. He stopped at the Poor Clares' hospice, where the friars put him in a cell to keep him away from the crowd. He died at 36, saying "Video Dominum meum," "I see my Lord."
Today's church was completed in 1931 by Nino Gallimberti, who added the dome, the transept and the apse.
The heart of the sanctuary is the Cell of the Transitus, surrounded by chapels. On top of the bell tower rises a larch-wood statue of Saint Anthony, 5.5 meters tall, carved by Silvio Righetti in 1922. The church plays on red and white, the colors of Padua.
Anthony, ill, was being carried from Camposampiero to Padua on an ox-drawn cart. He stopped at the Poor Clares' hospice, where the friars put him in a cell to keep him away from the crowd. He died at 36, saying "Video Dominum meum," "I see my Lord."
Today's church was completed in 1931 by Nino Gallimberti, who added the dome, the transept and the apse.