Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone; / – October 3, ) was a unique spiritual personality who gave up a life of wealth and social position to embrace a life of poverty and chastity &#; With the approval of the Pope, he founded a new Monastic Order, commonly known as the Franciscans. St Francis is considered one of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition and an example of a life lived in imitation of Jesus Christ.
&#;Most high, all powerful, all good Lord! All praise is yours, all glory, all honor, and all blessing. To you, alone, Most High, do they belong. No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name.&#;
&#; St Francis &#; Canticle of St Francis
St Francis of Assisi is also known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and one of the two patrons of Italy (with Catherine of Siena).
Francis was born in Assisi, Italy to Pietro di Bernardone, a wealthy cloth merchant in As a youngster, he was bright, popular and athletic, though he occasionally showed signs of his later love for charity and disdain for the world.
However, in , aged 19, Francis joined a military expedition against Peruda. The campaign proved disastrous and, injured o
Francis of Assisi, Saint
After their return to Assisi, the Friars Minor, for thus Francis had named his brethren—either after the minores, or lower classes, as some think, or as others believe, with reference to the Gospel (Matt., xxv, ), and as a perpetual reminder of their humility—found shelter in a deserted hut at Rivo Torto in the plain below the city, but were forced to abandon this poor abode by a rough peasant who drove in his ass upon them. About they obtained a permanent foothold near Assisi, through the generosity of the Benedictines of Monte Subasio, who gave them the little chapel of St. Mary of the Angels or the Porziuncola. Adjoining this humble sanctuary, already dear to Francis, the first Franciscan convent was formed by the erection of a few small huts or cells of wattle, straw, and mud, and enclosed by a hedge. From this settlement, which became the cradle of the Franciscan Order (Caput et Meter Ordinis) and the central spot in the life of Francis, the Friars Minor went forth two by two exhorting the people of the surrounding country. Like children &#;careless of the day&#;, they wandered from place to place singing in their joy, and calling themselves th
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A well-written brief biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, feastday October 4.
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Patron of animals, Catholic action, ecologists, Italy, merchants and zoos.
We know more of St. Francis than of any other medieval saint. Not only have we his own words, his Rule, Testament, letters, poems, and liturgical writings, but also the intimate accounts of several of his disciples, written down within twenty years after his death. These first biographies, by Brothers Thomas of Celano, Leo, Angelo, and Rufino, were soon revised and added to by other friars who wanted to call attention to one phase or another of Francis' work and teachings. From this great store of authentic material a clear picture of the man emerges. St. Francis is one saint whom both Catholics and non-Catholics have united in honoring. Certainly no other has so appealed to Protestants and even to non-Christians. And the appeal is timeless: Francis captured the imagination of his contemporaries as
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