Hotel Tonihof,
originally a forest-lodge was at its opening named after Saint Antonius,
Surely one of the most
popular saints all over the world over he is mostly famous as patron lost
property while his various other responsibilities: patron of Lisboa, Padova and
other cities, as well as that of the poor, lovers, marriage, wives and
children, bakers, miners, swineherds, travellers, of horses and donkeys –
are hardly known.
He is also helpful with
fertility-problems, devilish powers, fever, pest and cattle-plague,
ship-wreckage and war-atrocities, finding of lost property, childbirth, ageing
and successful harvest.
All the same he was no
Bavarian!
As a child of wealthy
parents he was born in Lisbon
around 1195 p.c. and died on june 13 th of 1231 near Padova, while visiting the
nons of Arcella!
Now, whether you believe
in Saint Antonius (our Toni) or not: you will certainly be very well taken care
of at the Tonihof!
Visitors, interested in
handcrafted works representing the history of other popular saints in our
country are recommended to read the “ Heiligenlexikon”, source of
most of our statements.
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