A festa de Santo António-12-13 de Junho

Santo António de Padova or de Lisboa is celebrated on the 13th of June-the day of his death-he was born in Lisbon and died in Padova. In Lisbon, the feast is extremely beautiful - it starts with a very long parade on Avenida da Liberdade, on the 12th of June- and ends (well, at least for me it ended then :-) in Alfama. People eat sardines, drink bear, sing, dance and enjoy themselves in the streets of Lisbon. In 2006 I was in Padova and accidently got to visit the church where his relics are and now enjoyed every single second of this beautiful feast in Lisbon. I read about a lot of interesting "rituals" that people use to practice on this day but I will let you discover them yourselves on the Internet. And then......he is also the patron saint of marriages :-) (but not of Lisbon)