Wednesday 21 January 2015

All About Saint Francis Of Assisi Biography

By Karyn Shields


There are mortal men who were born not just to become a common type of person. Some of them have to be astounded with how the world leads them to become more than how an ordinary person can offer. Saints are some of these people and they have lived their lives more of what they have perceived. They have done things which ordinary men have not done. They are called to be a saint because God have buried them with the love and strength which are beyond compare.

Saints have helped people so much. They have done things which they have not done to themselves. One man that we know have been so loving to the world which he sacrificed everything just for God. You will definitely know about this man when you read his story. Saint Francis Of Assisi biography can give you the sparkle of what life is really about.

Saint Francis owns the zodiac of Sagittarius. He was given birth on November 26, 1182. His mother, Pica de Bourlemont introduces him to the world in Assisi. His father, Pietro di Bernardone came from a wealthy family. His mother also came from a notable family. He was christened as Giovanni which was changed to Francesco.

He is known as the patron of ecology. He is the founder of Order of Friars Minor. The Order was later noted as Franciscans. He is known to be the primary Italian poet which all his writings used the jargon of Umbria. He never uses Latin words.

Though he was born in a wealthy family where all he need are answered right away, it was very opposite to what he had done to the world. No matter how rich his living was as a child, everything changed when he saw the reality of the world. It changed even more when he was called by God. He led his life by serving the poor folks.

When a war broke in 1202, he joined as one of the soldiers. His experience during the warfare was unforgivable and undesirable. He could not take all the drastic experiences away from his thoughts. He was even held as a prisoner because the enemies can use him for a payment. All the affluent soldiers have experienced what Francis had undergone.

When his family had payed his ransom, he was immediately freed by the enemy troops. Yet even when he was already a free man, the deep wounds that he encountered during the war has been carved deep inside him. He was sick in both mind and body. He could not picture out the things that he had viewed during the war. He could not put away the shock and the wounds during such tragic incident.

Francis wants to help in building the church yet there is not enough funds for it. What he did is he stole a horse and a bolt of cloth from his father to raise money which makes his father ultimately angry. When he was held captured, the Bishop then told Francis to return everything he stole from his father.

He also received a vision from Christ which left him the stigmata. It resembles the wounds that Jesus Christ had experienced when he was crucified. He then died on October 3, 1226 in Assisi, Italy. He died at the age of 44.




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