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LEFT ANTONY OF PADUA 201 ANUS feated. Deceived by a false report which Cleopatra had disseminated of her death, he fell upon his own sword (b. c. 30). On being told that Cleopatra was still alive, he caused himself to be carried into her presence, that he might die in her arms. ANTONY OF PADUA, ST., was born at Lisbon, Aug. 15, 1195, and, on his father's side, was related to Godfrey of Bouillon. He was at first an Augus- tinian monk; but in 1220 he entered the Franciscan order, and became one of its most active propagators. He preached in the S. of France and upper Italy, and died at Padua, June 13, 1231. He was canonized by Gregory IX. in the follow- ing year. He himself practiced the most severe asceticism, and opposed vigorously the movement for mitigating the severity of the Franciscan rule led by Elias of Cortona. ANTRIM, a county of Ireland, in the province of Ulster. It has an area of 1,176 square miles, of which about two- thirds are cultivated. It has compara- tively little forest land. Salt exists in deposits and there are small coal fields in the interior. There are also rich beds of iron ore. The chief agricultural crop is oats. Fisheries are an important in- dustry. The chief manufactures are woolens, linens, and cotton goods. The principal towns are Lisburn, Ballymena, and Antrim. Belfast was formerly the capital, but in 1898 was made a county borough. Pop. about 480,000. ANT THRUSH, a name given to cer- tain passerine or perching bii'ds having resemblances to the thrushes and sup- posed to feed largely on ants. The ant thrushes of the Old World belong to the genus pitta. They inhabit southern and southeastern Asia and the Eastern Archi- pelago, and are birds of brilliant plum- age. The New World ant-thrushes be- long to South America. ANTWERP, the chief port of Belgium, and the capital of a province of the same name on the Scheldt, about 50 miles from the open sea. It is strongly fortified, being completely surrounded on the land side by a semi-circular inner line of fortifications, the defenses being com- pleted by an outer line of forts and out- works. The cathedral, with a spire 400 feet high, one of the largest and most beautiful specimens of Gothic architec- ture in Belgium, contains Rubens' cele- brated masterpieces, the "Descent from the Cross," the "Elevation of the Cross," and " The Assumption." The other churches of note are St. James', St. An- drew's, and St. Paul's, all enriched with paintings by Rubens, Vandyke, and other masters. Among the other edifices of note are the exchange, the town hall, the palace, theater, academy of the fine arts, picture and sculpture galleries, etc. The harbor accommodation is extensive and excellent. Antwerp's commerce be- fore the World War was one of the THE CATHEDRAL AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM largest in Europe, though much of it was transit. It exceeded $1,200,000,000 annually. Antwerp is mentioned as early as the 8th century, and in the 11th and 12th it had attained a high degree of prosperity. The wars between the Neth- erlands and Spain greatly injured its commerce. In August, 1914, the German forces defeated the Belgian and British troops defending the city and occupied it until the last of October, 1918. See World War. Pop. about 400,000. The province consists of a fertile plain 1,093 square miles in area; pop. about 1,000,- 000. ANURA, or ANOURA, an order of batrachians which lose the tail when they reach maturity, such as the frogs and toads. ANUS, the opening at the lower or pos- terior extremity of the alimentary canal through which the excrement or wast^