Editing Anthony of Padua (section)

=== The rest of Europe ===
[[File:Paroisse Saint-Antoine de Padoue in Wavre, Belgium (DSCF7546).jpg|thumb|Saint-Antoine de Padoue parish in Wavre, Belgium]]

In [[Albania]], the [[Franciscans]] arrived in 1240 spreading the word of Saint Anthony ''(Shna Ndou)''. The [[St. Anthony Church, Laç]] ({{langx|sq|Kisha e Shna Ndout or Kisha e Laçit}}) in [[Laç]] was built in his honor.<ref name="Merlika">{{cite news |last1=Merlika |first1=Eugjen |title=Historia e Kishës së Laçit! Shenjti portugez i shqiptarëve |url=http://www.mapo.al/historia-e-kishes-se-lacit-shenjti-portugez-i-shqiptareve/ |access-date=9 November 2018 |agency=Mapo |date=13 June 2015}}</ref> Saint Anthony is one of the most important saints amongst Albanians and the pilgrimage to his church is done yearly by a considerable number of Eastern Orthodox and Muslim Albanians as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2022 |title=Shna Ndou, vendi i shenjtë që i pranon të gjithë mëkatarët – Gazeta Fjala |url=https://fjala.al/2022/05/04/shna-ndou-vendi-i-shenjte-qe-i-pranon-te-gjithe-mekataret/ |access-date=17 April 2023 |website=fjala.al |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://storymaps.com/stories/5626ec514b36406897e06c829aa37d9f | title=St. Anthony Pilgrimage – Laç, Albania | date=14 December 2023 }}</ref>

Saint Anthony lived and died during the episcopates of Eastern Orthodox [[Patriarch Mark III of Alexandria]] and [[Patriarch Nicholas I of Alexandria]], both of whom still maintained communion with the Pope of Rome.

In the town of [[Brusciano]], Italy, located near Naples, an annual feast in honor of Saint Anthony is held in late August. This tradition dates back to 1875. The tradition started when a man prayed to Saint Anthony for his sick son to get better. He vowed that if his son would become healthy he would build and dance a ''giglio'' like the people of Nola do for their patron San Paolino during the annual Fest Dei Gigli. (A ''giglio'' is a tall tower topped with a statue of the saint that is carried through the streets in carefully choreographed maneuvers that resemble a dance.) The celebration has grown over the years to include six giglio towers built in honor of the saint. This tradition has also carried over to America, specifically the [[East Harlem]] area of New York, where the immigrants from the town of Brusciano formed the [[Giglio Society of East Harlem]] and have been holding their annual feast since the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/parishioners-hoist-tower-dance-giglio-festival-article-1.1896070|title=Parishioners will hoist nearly 4-ton wooden tower during Dance of the Giglio Festival|first=Frank|last=Green|website=New York Daily News|date=7 August 2014 }}</ref>

In [[Poland]], he is the patron saint of [[Przeworsk]]. The [[icon]] of Saint Anthony, dating from 1649, is housed in a local Franciscan church, {{Interlanguage link|Kaplica Świętego Antoniego w Przeworsku|pl}}.