The true face of St. Anthony of Padua

And no he doesn't look very boyish like how most statues portray him.

 

 

This was done through 3D forensic facial reconstruction technology by a team of archeological facial reconstruction experts.

 

They relied heavily on a digital copy of the saint's skull.

 

By the way, the remains of the saint are preseved at the basilica built in his honor.

 

 

 

Read the details here.

 

Next time, let's have images of St. Anthony looking like this, ok? Instead of this.