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Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181. In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip to France to find out his wife had given birth to a son. Far from being excited or apologetic because he'd been gone, Pietro was furious because she'd had his new son baptized Giovanni after John the Baptist. The last thing Pietro wanted in his son was a man of God -- he wanted a man of business, a cloth merchant like he was, and ... Continue Reading
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i love diz site n das ma faviorte saint n he's ma saint 4 ma confirmation
this was very helpful for my social studies report. thankx to who ever wrote it
This is so fantastic.. I can't believe he led such an amazing life, please send me more!!! :)
cool
the life of all saints are inspirable even if some saints had a bad life before they become a saint but they really have the capacity of being a saint because they know how to change their life from bad to good... and st. francis is one of my favorite saint because of his attitudes and he is a friar of the franciscan of the immaculate. a good founder........
all the life of the saints is so inspirable. i hope that their are many people that will become a saint.
this web sight was amazing i picked St. Francis as my confirmation saint and i had to do a paper on him and this website really helped i recommend this site for anyone who needs information on saints
this was a useful site to use, but St Francis didn't really do anything that extraordinary. i was a bit disappointed.
this is a great website to get info on i would recommend it to every one that uses this website
this website is very useful for my homework!
I wish I could've known Francis of Assisi!!! He was the bomb!
he is going to be my confirmation saint
you did not include many facts about him being the patron saint of ANIMALS too.
st Francis is amazing and he is my 100 percent idol !!
thank you for helping me write my confirmation paper
thank you so much terry
I love St. Francis he is inspiration for me. I love the way he serve God.
thank you for this! This has helped me so much for the biography im doing for St.Francis! If it wasnt for this site i wouldn't have gotten an A+ in history thank Terry Matz!I couldn't thank you enough for this page
I love the history/story of Saints Francis of Assisi. It helped me alot on my report.
THANK YOU,
Anabelle
very great!