After 1195 A.D.
In Tuscany, Italy, Father (now Saint) Anthony was attending the funeral of a rich man. Moved by the Holy Spirit, Father Anthony said, “The dead man should not be buried in a holy place, but outside the city walls, like a dog, since his soul is damned to hell and he does not have a heart in his body, for in the words attributed to the Lord by the holy evangelist Luke, ‘Where his treasure is, there also is his heart.'” [1]. Later, the dead man's chest was opened up, and no heart was found. When the family had opened up the dead man's treasure chest, they had discovered that his heart was inside. Then, instead of being buried in the grand mausoleum that the rich man had prepared for himself, he was "dragged to the countryside and buried like an ass." [1].
Learn More:
“Sancti Antonii Confessoris de Padua vita” by Sicco Polenton
https://unamsanctamcatholicam.com/2022/06/20/st-anthony-and-the-misers-heart/
https://www.santantonio.org/en/content/saint-anthonys-miracles-misers-heart
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