66. [65.] Anthony of Padua.* Anthony appeared to me in front and down a little toward the plane of the foot. He appeared in indistinct clothing, and I spoke with him, asking whether he supposed himself to be a saint. At first he replied that he was anything but a saint, but still I perceived that he retained the arrogance of wishing to be one, so that I spoke with him somewhat harshly. When someone comes to him, he is led to say that he cannot introduce anyone into heaven, and that he knows nothing at all of his being invoked, terming the notion a false one. When people ask him what heaven is, whether it is the Lord, and whether it is love from Him and toward Him, and mutual love, he does not know, occasioning other spirits to make sport of him, and he tries to get away from them but is unable to. I noticed an inner craftiness in him. He endeavors in secret ways to be worshiped, but is afraid, for it means his being thrust down into lower regions, where he suffers hardships. He is able artfully to bind the ideas and thought of others. Anthony maintains a liaison with Jesuits who appear in white. * St. Anthony of Antony of Padua, 1195-1231, learned Fransciscan friar and celebrated preacher in Italy and France. Possible during his life, and certainly after his death, he was widely regarded as a worker of miracles. Canonized in 1232, he is chiefly invoked for the return of lost property, and is regarded as a patron of the poor, the pregnant, and travelers.