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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

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Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2-1226)

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Born

June 24, 1182

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Died

October 3, 1226

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Birthplace

Assisi

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"Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses."

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Wisdom
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"Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh."

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"For it is in giving that we receive."

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"Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world."

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"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

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Love and Romance
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"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."

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"Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve."

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"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

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