Hundreds of books have been written about him. The following suggestions are from Franciscan friar Conrad Harkins (1935–2020), director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. [86] Such an incident is alluded to in a scene in the late 13th-century fresco cycle, attributed to Giotto, in the upper basilica at Assisi. [d] His comments were intended to “encourage young people to preserve and promote what is positive in Russia’s great cultural and spiritual heritage”.

Francis' feast is celebrated at New Skete, an Orthodox Christian monastic community in Cambridge, New York. [72] Other religions [ edit ] In the interview, Francis ruled out going to Kyiv for now:“First I have to go to Moscow, first I have to meet Putin.” Since the invasion of Ukraine, Francis has repeatedly criticized the invasion, while avoiding naming Putin explicitly, in line with the Vatican’s foreign policy of keeping the door open for possible dialogue. Lacoursière, Jacques (2005). Canada Quebec 1534–2000. Québec: Septentrion. p.28. ISBN 978-2894481868.

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Francis ( Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Franciscus Assisiensis) was baptized Giovanni by his mother. His surnames, di Pietro di Bernardone, come from his father, Pietro di Bernardone. The latter was in France on business when Francis was born in Assisi, a small town in Italy. Upon his return, Pietro took to calling his son Francesco ("Free man" or "Frenchman"), possibly in honor of his commercial success and enthusiasm for all things French. [10] Francis of Orléans was born on 12 September 1494 at the Château de Cognac in the town of Cognac, [1] which at that time lay in the province of Saintonge, a part of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Today the town lies in the department of Charente. Michael Martinez, CNN Vatican analyst: Pope Francis' name choice 'precedent shattering', CNN (13 March 2013). Retrieved 13 March 2013. Francis Bacon said there were five causes for holy war: (he wrote in a Christian context, but the categories would be usable by any faith)

L'ami – François d'Assise et ses frères, a 2016 film directed by Renaud Fely and Arnaud Louvet, starring Elio Germanoa b Benians, Ernest Alfred; Newton, Arthur Percival; Rose, John Holland (1940). The English history of the British Empire. p.61 . Retrieved 23 August 2012.

The Poor Man of Assisi". Invisible Monastery of charity and fraternity – Christian prayer group. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. e.g., Chesterton, Saint Francis, Hodder & Stoughton (1924) chapter 8. Tolan 2009, p.126 discusses the incident as recounted by Bonaventure, an incident which does not extend to a fire actually being lit. Richardson, Glenn (1994). "Good Friends and Brothers? Francis I and Henry VIII". History Today. 44 (9): 20–26. On 18 June 1939, Pope Pius XII named Francis a joint patron saint of Italy along with Catherine of Siena with the apostolic letter "Licet Commissa". [62] Pope Pius also mentioned the two saints in the laudative discourse he pronounced on 5 May 1949, in the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. [ citation needed]Tolan, John V. (2009). Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter. Oxford: University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923972-6. At his first audience on 16 March 2013, Pope Francis told journalists that he had chosen the name in honor of Francis of Assisi, and had done so because he was especially concerned for the well-being of the poor. [55] [56] [57] [58] The pontiff recounted that Cardinal Cláudio Hummes had told him, "Don't forget the poor", right after the election; that made Bergoglio think of Francis. [59] [60] It is the first time a pope has taken the name. [f] Patronage [ edit ] A relic of Francis of Assisi Mallet, Michael;and Shaw, Christine. The Italian Wars: 1494–1559 (Harlow, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2012) p. 153. Francis suffered his most devastating defeat at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525, during part of the continuing Italian Wars known as the Four Years' War. Francis was actually taken prisoner: Cesare Hercolani injured his horse, and Francis was captured by Diego Dávila, Alonso Pita da Veiga, and Juan de Urbieta, from Guipúzcoa. For this reason, Hercolani was named "Victor of the battle of Pavia". Zuppa alla Pavese was supposedly invented on the spot to feed the captive king right after the battle. [16] Under the reign of Francis I, France became the first country in Europe to establish formal relations with the Ottoman Empire and to set up instruction in the Arabic language under the guidance of Guillaume Postel at the Collège de France. [31] Francis I (left) and Suleiman the Magnificent (right) initiated a Franco-Ottoman alliance. Both were separately painted by Titian c. 1530.