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8" / 12" / 16" / 24" / 32" / 40" Featured Saint About Saint Francis Statues Saint Francis of Assisi (September 26, 1181 – October 3, 1226) was a Roman Catholic friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. Saint Francis is known as the patron saint of animals, birds, and the environment, and it is customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of October 4. Saint Francis was born to Pietro di Bernardone, a prominent businessman, and his wife Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she was originally from France. Saint Francis was one of seven children. Pietro was in France on business when Francis was born, and Pica had him baptized as Giovanni di Bernardone in honor of Saint John the Baptist, in the hope Saint Francis would grow to be a great religious leader. When his father returned to Assisi, he was furious about this, as he did not want his son to be a man of the Church. Pietro decided to call him Francesco (Francis), in honor of his commercial success and enthusiasm for all things French. As a youth Saint Francis became a Troubador and yearned to become a writer of French poetry. Although many biographers remark about his bright clothing, rich friends, and love of pleasure, his displays of disillusionment toward the world that surrounded him became fairly early, one of which is shown in the story of the beggar. In this account, Saint Francis was selling cloth and velvet in the marketplace on behalf of his father when a beggar came along and asked for alms. At the conclusion of his business deal, Saint Francis abandoned his wares and ran after the beggar. When Saint Francis found him, Francis gave the man everything he had in his pockets. His friends quickly chided and mocked him for his act of charity, and when he got home, his father scolded him in rage. In 1201, he joined a military expedition against Perugia, he was taken as a prisoner at Collestrada, and spent a year as a captive. It is probable that his conversion to more serious thoughts was a gradual process relating to this experience. After his return to Assisi in 1203, Francis recommenced his carefree life. But in 1204 a serious illness started a spiritual crisis. In 1205 Francis left for Puglia to enlist in the army of the Count of Brienne. But on his way, in Spoleto, a strange vision made him return to Assisi, deepening his spiritual crisis. |
