The reputation of the wonders and miracles performed by Saint Anthony of Padua found its place in the first biographies devoted to him. Among these was The Book of Miracles which the Franciscan Arnaud de Serranne, provincial of Aquitaine in the fourteenth century, included in his Chronicles of the beginnings of the Order of Friars Minor, and from which are drawn these Fioretti. This widespread work was the main inspiration for the iconography of Saint Anthony, of which a few examples highlight this book. As for the wonders themselves related here, if they appeal to a sensitivity different from ours, nonetheless they are proof of a candor, of a poetry and sincerity that have preserved a moving freshness. Virgilio Gamboso, a Conventual Friar Minor, is an expert in Franciscan history. He is the author of many works largely devoted to the publication of hagiographical sources concerning Saint Anthony of Padua.