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Francis, St., of Assisi
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Founder of the Franciscan order, born at Assisi, in Umbria; began life as a soldier, but during a serious illness his thoughts were turned from earth to heaven, and he devoted himself to a life of poverty and self-denial, with the result that his enthusiasm provoked emulation, and some of his neighbours associated with him and formed a brotherhood, which gave rise to the order; St. Dominic and he were contemporaries, "the former teaching Christian men how to behave, and the latter what they should think"; each sent a little company of disciples to teach and preach in Florence, where their influence soon made itself felt, St. Francis in 1212 and St. Dominic in 1220.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Francis, St., of Assisi'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/francis-st-of-assisi.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Francis, St., of Assisi'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/francis-st-of-assisi.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
