Editing Anthony of Padua (section)

=== Asia ===
Saint Anthony is honored in [[Uvari]], in [[Tamil Nadu]], India, where legend holds that the crew of a Portuguese ship was cured of cholera through the intercession of St. Anthony. The local church is dedicated to St. Anthony and houses an ancient wooden statue believed to have been carved by one of the crew.{{sfn|Raj|2017|p=}} In Kerala, where Vasco da Gama had landed in 1498 and where the Portuguese had their first stations in India some of the most ancient churches were renamed after St. Antony and new churches were dedicated to him.

In the [[Philippines]], the devotion to St. Anthony of Padua began in 1581, in the town of [[Pila, Laguna]], where Franciscans established the first church in the country dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, now elevated as the [[Pila Church|National Shrine of St. Anthony of Padua]] under the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo|Diocese of San Pablo]].

In [[Siolim]], a village in the Indian state of [[Goa]], St. Anthony is always shown holding a serpent on a stick. This is a depiction of the incident which occurred during the construction of the church wherein a snake was disrupting construction work. The people turned to St. Anthony for help and placed his statue at the construction site. The next morning, the snake was found caught in the cord placed in the statue's hand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goancommunity.com/2012/06/06/siolim-the-village-everyone-loves/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111224658/http://www.goancommunity.com/2012/06/06/siolim-the-village-everyone-loves/ |url-status = dead|archive-date=11 January 2014 |title=Siolim The Village Everyone Loves {{!}} St.Mary's Goan Community Dubai |date=6 June 2012}}</ref>

[[St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade]], located in [[Sri Lanka]], is dedicated to the saint. The church is designated a national shrine<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.christian.gov.lk/ImportantChurches_Kochikade.html | title = St. Anthony's – Kochchikade | website = christian.gov.lk | publisher = Ministry of Christian Affairs Sri Lanka | access-date = 30 April 2019 | archive-date = 18 June 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170618111604/http://www.christian.gov.lk/ImportantChurches_Kochikade.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> and minor basilica.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/shrineLKX.htm | title = National Shrines in Sri Lanka, Maldives | website = GCatholic.org |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref> A tiny piece of St. Anthony's tongue is said to be preserved in a special reliquary, which is located in a glass case together with a statue of the saint, at the entrance to the church.

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File:St. Anthony of Padua.jpg|St. Anthony of Padua in St. Joseph's Church, [[Macao]]
File:JC Pila 57.JPG|[[Pila Church|National Shrine of St. Anthony of Padua]], [[Pila, Laguna]], [[Philippines]] where Franciscans established the first church in the country dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua under the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo|Diocese of San Pablo]]
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