In the 16th and 17th centuries, Portuguese cultural influence helped spread the cult worldwide. He was made a Doctor of the Universal Church in 1946. In addition to the devotional aspect, numerous well-known sculptors and painters have attempted to present a historically accurate portrait of the Saint. The information that came from hagiographic sources was used in different ways by the artists. The work Vita prima o Assidua (1232, by Anonymous, one of the most important hagiographic sources), which described St. Anthony in the final months of his life as endowed with a "natural corpulence," appears to have inspired the Giotto School's depiction of St. Anthony (1238–1310). However, the term "dropsy" was first mentioned in the Legenda Raymondina, which is attributed to the Italian Franciscan Pietro Raimondi and was written around 1293 (“Cum enim esset naturali corpulentia gravis et hydropisi etiam laboret.
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