What Famous Historical Figures Actually Looked Like

Published on 07/24/2019
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Saint Anthony

Born in 1195, Saint Anthony was from Lisbon, Portugal. Though he died at the young age of 36, he certainly made a huge impact in his day. He had the amazing ability to heal. It appears that Saint Anthony was adored by the Catholic Church as his canonization as a saint was really quick, the second-fastest. Just a year after he died, the church declared Saint Anthony as the saint for lost things.

Saint Anthony

Saint Anthony

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What Saint Anthony Really Looked Like

When Saint Anthony passed away, bells supposedly rang by themselves and children supposedly cried in the street. Three decades after he died, his body was exhumed but researchers only had his jawbone and tongue to guide them. This recreation was done by a team of researchers from the Anthropology Museum of the University of St. Anthony of Padua and a University of Sao Paolo 3-D designer.

What Saint Anthony Really Looked Like

What Saint Anthony Really Looked Like

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