ST.

FRANCIS OF ASSISI
October, 2014
St. Francis Biography
Nae! St. Francis o" Assisi
Origina# nae! Francesco di Pietro
di Bernardone
Born! October $, 11%2 in Assisi,
Ita#y
&ob! Saint
'ie(! 122) in Assisi, Ita#y
The ear#y #i"e o" St. Francis
St. Francis o" Assisi *as +no*n "or ha,ing a goo( tie an(
partying *ith his "rien(s. -e en.oye( ha,ing /ne "oo(s an(
(rin+s. A"ter /ghting in a batt#e bet*een Assisi an( 0er1gia,
Francis *as capt1re( an( *as ta+en to prison. -e spent
near#y a year in prison *aiting "or his "ather to re#ease hi,
(1ring this tie he began to recei,e ,isions "ro 2o(. A"ter
his re#ease "ro prison, Francis hear( the ,oice o" Christ,
*ho to#( hi to repair the Christian Ch1rch three ties an(
#i,e a #i"e 1n(er p1nishing poorness. -e aban(one( his #i"e
o" nice things an( as &es1s as+e( hi he #i,e( a Christian
#i"e. -e becae +no*n a## o,er the Christian *or#(.
-o#y 3i"e o" St. Francis
'1ring his -o#y #i"e he recei,e( stigata, *hich
a(e hi the /rst to e,er recei,e it, he ha(
this "or a "e* years be"ore he passe( a*ay.
A"ter St. Francis4s (eath he *as a(e a saint.
No* St. Francis has any "o##o*ers aro1n( the
*or#(
Stigata
Stigata is a ar+ that *as #e"t on the bo(y o"
.es1s *hen he *as cr1ci/e( on the cross. I"
others recei,e this it is a tr1e irac#e
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