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Saint Anthony of Padua cradling the Christ Child

A statue of Saint Anthony of Padua stands outside Saint Anthony's Shrine at Boomer, West Virginia .

Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Infant Jesus by Strozzi, c. 1625; the white lily represents purity.

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