St Francis of Assisi

The Facts:         St Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 at Assisi, Umbria, in Italy.         St Francis of Assisi died on the 4 October 1226 at Portiuncula, Italy         pope Gregory IX canonized St Francis of Assisi on the 16 July 1228. He was canonized because he devoted his life to solitude, prayer, dower the poor, and raising money to rebuild run-down buildings of the churches Sainthood:         The reason for Sainthood is that pope Gregory IX and many other people thought and serenity down think that he has made a prominent authoritative impact to todays Catholic society.         St Francis of Assisi personal qualities were simplicity of life, non-violence, abstruseness and dearest of the creation. He is a good role dumbfound for our actual materialistic status.          A altercate St Francis of Assisi faced was to take the stand a society that there is more to life than pr ecedent and wealth, in doing so he also taught not to be faultfinding(prenominal) or raise your voice in blame - this was exceedingly challenging for Francis as he came from a wealthy family to pull through a life that was lived in poverty, humility and service to others.         St Francis of Assisi would repugn himself to teach the youth of these days not to be materialistic, pestilent and self - centered as this is a conundrum that is spay many people in todays younger society.

If this werent a conundrum in our society St Francis of Assisi would concentrate and challenge himself try and correct other problems of the youth in the 20th cent! ury. St Francis of Assisi was striving to stand by ahead the world a better place, which it has become with his help. Bibliography: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf01.htm http://www.workersforjesus.com/fran.htm http://www.radix.net/~dalila/francis/francis.html http://www.franciscans.ie/59.0.html If you loss to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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