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This brief life of St Francis of Assisi is told
in three sections:
From
soldier to beggar
Called to a life of poverty
Inspired by the life
of Jesus
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St Francis was born into the family of a wealthy cloth merchant in
Assisi, Italy, in 1181. He died, owning nothing not even
the shirt on his back in 1226. For a concise, readable
account of his life story in between those two dates, click the links
on the left. |