Saint Francis of Assisi the fourteenth apostle: a biography. Saint Francis of Assisithe fourteenth apostle: a biographyby. Dr. John World. Peace JDJohn. World. Peace. com. Email: John. World. Peace@gmail. com. St Francis of Assisi by Dr. John World. Peace JDOil on Canvas Painting 5. Progress. TABLE. OF CONTENTSPreface. About Saint Francis. His Life. Disciples. Miracles. Communication with Birds, Fish and Animals. Wisdom. Prayers. Commentary. Bibliography. Notes I have organized. I have read because. I could not get a feel for who St. Francis. was due to all the legends, stories, mythical background. So. I began with the story of St. Francis without interlineating. I have written the St. Francis story from. This biography. is not a scholarly treatise. St. Francis of Assisi abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity. He is the patron saint for ecologists. Learn more at Biography.com. Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian San Francesco d’Assisi, baptized Giovanni, renamed Francesco, original name Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone (born 1181/82, Assisi. Many sources disagree on the. Almost immediately. Francis’ death, his story was recorded then later. The official story was written by St. Bonaventure. who was healed by Francis as a child. It was foretold by Francis. Bonaventure would be a great friar minor. When St. Bonaventure. Francis, he sent out word. Franciscan order to destroy everything not included. This is the same thing the Christians. Bible was canonized in 4. C. E. fortunately. Bonaventure’s order was ignored. The reader. of this bibliography should be able to get his or her bearing. St. Francis if so desired. St. Francis. is much more than the Patron Saint of bird baths. I refer to St. Francis as the 1. St. Paul. was. the 1. No one has actually tried to follow the. Jesus in regards to the disciples spreading the. Jesus, except Francis. The original/initial Franciscan. Order successfully followed the instructions of Jesus, proving. Today’s. Christians have come to support billion dollar Jesus shows. St. Francis would. Jesus who had nothing. The hypocrisy, of these. God is just too overwhelming. The Catholic. Church has definitely honored Francis but it has not admitted. Francis was to rebuilding the Church of. The Franciscans healed the church. Significant numbers. Pope. The miracles. Francis performed were too well documented to be written. They gave us a glimpse of the reality of the. Jesus. It is not. Jesus walked on water or not, what. I believe he could. It is not important. Francis actually had the five wound stigmata. Jesus’ crucifixion on his hands, feet and side. It. is only important that I believe Francis loved Jesus enough. The miracles. of Jesus are 2. Especially since those. Yet Francis performed almost all the same miracles. Jesus did in the two years. We know almost everything about Francis from. Jesus we are missing all but one. Like the gospels. Jesus, the actual literal Twenty- Firstst century factual. What is important is the general. Francis. The stories and legends are believable. For me, Francis. is critical in this age of reason and science in understanding. Jesus. rancis life is an eight hundred year bridge back to. Jesus. For me, the. Francis who is only eight hundred years in the. Jesus who is 2. 00. Francis lived the life advocated by Jesus. Nothing gives more credence to Jesus than Francis living his. Jesus lived. in obscurity and taught in parables, paradoxes and riddles. We still have not figured if out but thanks to Francis. The world. more than ever, needs the peace and love gospel of Jesus. And the world human society needs Francis as a wide corridor. Jesus. St. Francis. Jesus. He was a troubadour and would be. Jesus was his king. When St. Francis. Jesus in San Damiano Church in 1. C. E.. he desired never to lose that communication. He deeply regretted. It may be that no one ever inflicted as much pain and. He wanted. to feel what Jesus felt being scoured and crucified, alone. Calvary. He wanted to understand the source. Jesus’ love. Francis embraced. Jesus went around doing good. In 1. 20. 0 the. Catholic Church had lost respect of the people; the church. Nonetheless, unlike. Francis completely supported. He supported the clergy absolutely; an incredible. The Franciscan. Order was no doubt responsible for the rejuvenation of the. Catholic Church from the 1. Francis’. joy came from being ridiculed, abused, criticized, and literally. He took the charge. Jesus to go forth in poverty with only the clothes on his. That was his life after San Damiano. When asked. by one of his disciples why he had been chosen by God, Francis. St. Francis. was not a scholar, intellectual or theologian. He was a simple. man who lived and preached the gospel. He taught first by. He was not. an administrator and in time his vision of poverty was diluted. Rule, which was based on the gospel as the order. He said he. never did anything but what God told him to. In the end, he. was received by royalty and nobility, popes and clergy, rich. The following is his story. May the Lord give you peace”. Peter Bernadone. Mariconi, who chose to be known as Peter Bernadone, son of. Pica were expecting. Pica was French from Provence and. She had a son named Angelo from her. Peter had. greatly expanded his father’s cloth business and was. At the time of. the expected arrival of his child, he was away on business. French Provence. It was said. Assisi calling out “Pax. Bonum, Sitx et Bonum (Peace and all good, )” prior. Bernardone child. Pica was having. trouble delivering her baby until a stranger, a prophet, an. When. she did this, her son was born. At the baptism. another stranger appeared and stood in as the childs godfather. The child was christened Giovani (John) Mariconi. The stranger. disappeared after the baptism leaving an impression of his. When Pica. returned home, yet another stranger appeared and asked to. He was given permission; he took the child. When Peter. returned from his business trip, he was irritated with the. John. He had thoughts of the crude and rough “John. Baptist”. He considered himself a successful man. He admired the demeanor of the French so he decided. Francisco (Italian) instead of John. In time. he was called Francis (English) “Frenchy” by all. French. Such are the. John Bernardone. who the world has come to know as St. Francis of Assisi, founder. Franciscan Order of friar’s minor, poor Clares. There was. a severe famine in Italy from 1. Francis’ life. The wealth of his Peter meant there was. The Catholic. Church had begun to set up schools about this time and Francis. St. Georges for about three years from age. It seems, Francis learned enough to function as a cloth. He had a good facility with Latin but was not perfect. From his mother. Francis learned French. Provence her home was officially German. French speaking. She brought with her to Italy. French poems and songs. This was the age of troubadours. At 1. 2, Francis’. He was taken. out of school and traveled and worked with his father. At. age 1. 3, he was admitted to the cloth guild which made Peter. In his travels, Francis saw many kinds of people. Apparently. in addition to selling cloth in bulk, his father also made. This was also a. time when fashion developed in the clothing business. Francis. was probably one of the best dressed citizens of Assisi. This. was in line with is father’s desire to show his wealth. I am sure, to advertise his clothing business. For the next. eight years, Francis worked with his father but it seems he. He was not motivated. He lacked enthusiasm for the business. Francis spent. more than his wages on endless partying and revelry. His father. indulged him. Francis was a total hedonist living a life after. Sex was more. open and free than now. Society at. the time could almost be viewed as degenerate by contemporary. There was no indoor plumbing and few public facilities. Saturnalia was an old annual pagan public orgy which was finally. Innocent III in 1. Francis was 2. 5. Considering. the extreme penance that Francis imposed in himself during. Francis was. 5’3” and had black eyes. He was always good natured. He was always compassionate in regards. He practiced poverty to extreme of true love. Francis saw. himself as a troubadour and potentially a chivalrous knight. He looked for the opportunity to achieve renown as such. Yet life in. his late teens felt empty maybe he had partied to the extreme. Francis was. an idealist. He was not an intellectual scholar or theologian. He was a down to earth people person. He could size up a person. He was a likeable fellow and. One day Francis. was selling cloth in the market. He was speaking with a customer. It was against the law. Francis refused the man. After the customer. Francis left his booth and ran to find the beggar. He. felt ashamed that he had refused him. He found the man, gave. Obviously Francis. In 1. 20. 2, Francis. In November 1. 20. Rocca Maggiore, a fort above Assisi, attacked. Assisi from Perugia. Francis rode out to do battle and was. Most of the men and boys of Assisi who fought were. Francis was. imprisoned in the worst of conditions and contracted malaria. It was a year before he was able to be ransomed by his father. In prison. Francis continued to act with compassion and friendship and. He made no distinction. Even one who allegedly was an outcast was treated. Francis. It seems that Francis always had a preference. When Francis. returned home, he was extremely weak. So much so that it took. The truth is that he never fully recovered. The malaria continued to reoccur. I was very frail.”Many dreams. I believe that in prison Francis had his first experience. In addition, I. believe this is when his conversion began up until the time. Francis had led a pretty good life, money. After his. recovery, Francis drifted back into his old habits of revelry. In 1. 20. 5 he. decided to attempt to gain some knightly glory and overcome. He had. some expensive clothes made for the endeavor and prepared. Before departing. Francis gave the knight. The compassion and. Francis life as a penitent. About this. time, Francis had a dream that a man called his name and then. He asked. who all these things were for and was told the palace and. Then with. great enthusiasm, Francis left for Puglia to join the crusade. He only rode 2. 2 miles to Spoleto when he experienced a reoccurrence. He was very ill with fever, nausea, cold spells.
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