Historical Figure
Saint Francis of Assisi
b. 1181
Italian Catholic saint (c. 1181–1226)
High Medieval
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Biography
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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Holiday
RC Saints - Feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi; also of Saint Amun, Saint Petronius of Bologna.
October 4 → 1181
1223
1224
1228
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