SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISIÁngel Morenilla Pérez and Pablo Zamora Sánchez

2º A ESO, March 2014

Index Biography Early life Adult life Prayer Questions Bibliography

Biography Saint Francis of Assisi was born in

Assisi, Italy, in 1181.

His real name was Giovanni di Bernardone.

His father, Pietro, was an important businessman and his mother was called Pica. He also had a brother.

He is a spiritual icon and one of the most important figures in christianity.

He died on the 3rd of October in 1226 at the age of 44 years old.

Early Life When he was a child, he learned to speak and write latin.

He lived carelessly because he only thought in having parties with his friends.

He enlisted the army in 1198 and in November 1202 he was taken prisioner for a year. At the prision he started to read the Bible.

Saint Francis was planning to marry a rich beatiful woman but in the end he didn’t do it. He devoted himself to God.

Then he felt the call of Christ and Francis started looking after lepers.

Jesus commanded him to repair the Church of Saint Damian.

Adult Life• He rebuilt many chapels and

spread the word of God.

• He lived poorly and preached with some disciples in lots of places for many years.

• He loved the nature. He said that the nature is like a mother and all the animals , plants, elements and stars were all our brothers and sisters.

• He established the Franciscans Order in 1209.

• Giovanni died in 1226 in the church of Porciuncula.

Prayer

Questions Which of Francis’s tasks do you find more appealing?

What fact or behavior impacted you the most?

What have you learnt in your personal life of the analyzed character?

Bibliography http://es.wikipedia.org/?title=Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/f/francisco_asis.htm http://www.franciscanos.org/sfa/herranz.htm