This
woman was saved from death. Another, in Ferrara, was saved
from an dreadful suspicion. In fact, the Saint reconciled
the wife with the husband, a renowned person among the influential
people of the city. And greater still, and indeed a true miracle,
he made the baby, who had recently been born a few days
earlier, talk; and the infant answered the questions posed
by the man of God.
This man was being tortured by a jealous suspicion about his wife, and didn't even want to touch the baby, born a few days earlier, convinced that he was the child of adultery. St. Anthony thus took the baby into his arms and said to him: "I implore you in the name of Jesus Christ, God and Man, born of the Virgin Mary, to clearly tell me, so that everyone can hear, who your father is."
This man was being tortured by a jealous suspicion about his wife, and didn't even want to touch the baby, born a few days earlier, convinced that he was the child of adultery. St. Anthony thus took the baby into his arms and said to him: "I implore you in the name of Jesus Christ, God and Man, born of the Virgin Mary, to clearly tell me, so that everyone can hear, who your father is."
And
the child, without mumbling as little ones do, but with
a clearly understandable voice as if he were a child of 10
years, fixed his eyes on his parent, because he couldn't move
his arms which were wrapped in swaddling clothes, and said:
"Here he is, this is my father!" Turning
to the man, the Saint added: "Take your son, and love
your wife, who has been blameless and who deserves all of
your gratitude" (SICCO POLENTONE, Life of St. Anthony,
n. 37).
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