International audienceThis article offers the study and edition of the sermon written by Gilbert of Tournai for the feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, and included in his collection of sermons dominicales et festivi. The edition, with the collation of twenty-seven manuscripts, provides an opportunity to explore a rich and little-known tradition. In this sermon Gilbert uses the character of saint Anthony as a pretext for elaborating on topics like prudentia and sapientia. He indulges his inclination for mysticism, insisting on the primacy of contemplation and divine illumination. Some clues in the text would suggest that it was written for - and maybe even preached to - a learned audience, probably franciscan. The sermon is definitely " modern...