Saint Francis of Assisi
Italian mystic and poet
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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. He was inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty as a beggar and itinerant... Wikipedia
Born: Assisi, Italy
Died: October 3, 1226, Assisi, Italy
Buried: May 25, 1230, Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy
Parents: Pica de Bourlemont and Pietro Bernardone dei Moriconi
Attributes: Franciscan habit, birds, animals, stigmata, crucifix, book, and a skull
Canonized: 16 July 1228, Assisi, Papal States by Pope Gregory IX
Feast: 4 October
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