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Francis of Assisi
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. Inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty, he became a beggar and an itinerant preacher.
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culture · Italian Catholic saint (1181–1226) · poet · Catholic deacon · religious writer · writer · preacher · missionary · regular cleric · Roman Catholic cleric · founder · pilgrim · also Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, San Francisco de Asís
Born 24 June 1182 · Died 3 October 1226 · Q676555
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2026· 10 entries
Catholic News Herald: 6 things to know about St. Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of television
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Ordo Fratrum Minorum: "The Art of Living. 800 Years of St Francis of Assisi" - Frati Francescani
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Catholic Time: St. Francis of Assisi: His Extraordinary Legacy 800 Years Later
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ChurchPOP: How St. Francis of Assisi Inspired Mother Angelica’s Impossible EWTN Mission
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chelseanewsny.com: New 9/11 Memorial Unveiled at Church of St. Francis of Assisi
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initaly.it: St. Francis of Assisi: traveling exhibition in Basilicata for the 800th
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EWTN News: 7 things to know about St. Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of television
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Madison Catholic Herald: Totus Tuus brings summer fun to St. Francis of Assisi Parish
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Yahoo: 800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis of Assisi endure
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2025· 2 entries
Christianity Today: The ‘Real’ Francis of Assisi Includes the Stuff of Legend
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To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Canticle of the Sun and 10th anniversary of Laudato si', the first local Way of St
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2024· 1 entry
America Magazine: Why St. Francis of Assisi wanted to hide his stigmata
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2023· 1 entry
Fox News: The life of Saint Francis of Assisi is celebrated each year on October 4
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2021· 1 entry
National Catholic Reporter: St. Francis of Assisi
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2019· 1 entry
National Catholic Reporter: Francis of Assisi's model for church reform may help in the abuse crisis
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2015· 2 entries
National Catholic Register: Papal Preacher: St. Francis of Assisi Can Teach Us So Much About Creation
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Pope Francis published his encyclical letter Laudato si', about the ecological crisis and "care for our common home", which takes its name from the Canticle of the Sun, which Francis of Assisi composed
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2013· 1 entry
“Brother, let us go and preach in the city.”
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1978· 1 entry
The remains of Francis were examined and confirmed by a commission of scholars appointed by Pope Paul VI and put into a glass urn in the ancient stone tomb
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1935· 1 entry
Edward Frederick Hartung concluded that Francis had probably contracted trachoma while in Egypt, and had died, aged 45, of quartan malaria
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1226· 2 entries
Died 1226-10-03.
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“Opis: słowa, które miał usłyszeć Franciszek z Asyżu w czasie objawienia od Jezusa Chrystusa.”
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1219· 1 entry
Career landmark: Custos of the Holy Land (1219).
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1182· 1 entry
Born 1182-06-24.
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