04/10/2021
Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
Feast of
✝️ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI🙏Ora Pro Nobis 🙏Ruega por nosotros 🙏Rogai por Nos 🙏Ipanalangin mo kami 🙏pray for us
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St. Francis of Assisi
Italian saint
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St. Francis of Assisi, Italian San Francesco d’Assisi, baptized Giovanni, renamed Francesco, in full Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone, (born 1181/82, Assisi, duchy of Spoleto [Italy]—died October 3, 1226, Assisi; canonized July 16, 1228; feast day October 4), founder of the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor (Ordo Fratrum Minorum), the women’s Order of St. Clare (the Poor Clares), and the lay Third Order. He was also a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the early 13th century. His evangelical zeal, consecration to poverty, charity, and personal charisma drew thousands of followers. Francis’s devotion to the human Jesus and his desire to follow Jesus’ example reflected and reinforced important developments in medieval spirituality. The Poverello (“Poor Little Man”) is one of the most venerated religious figures in Roman Catholic history, and he and St. Catherine of Siena are the patron saints of Italy. In 1979 Pope John Paul II recognized him as the patron saint of ecology.
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi, detail of a fresco by Cimabue, late 13th century; in the lower church of San Francesco, Assisi, Italy.
Alinari—Anderson/Art Resource, New York
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Born: 1181 or 1182 Assisi Italy
Died: October 3, 1226 Assisi Italy (Died on this day)
Founder: Third Order
Notable Works: “Cantico di Frate Sole”
Subjects Of Study: monasticism
Early life and career
Francis was the son of Pietro di Bernardone, a cloth merchant, and the lady Pica, who may have come from France.
