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, pot 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 suave down think that he has made a grand authoritative impact to todays Catholic society.         St Francis of Assisi personal qualities were simplicity of life, non-violence, humbleness and dearest of the creation. He is a good role framework for our actual materialistic status.          A altercate St Francis of Assisi faced was to confront a society that there is more to life than indicator and wealt h, in doing so he also taught not to be faultfinding(prenominal) or raise your voice in blame - this was highly challenging for Francis as he came from a wealthy family to live a life that was lived in poverty, humility and service to others.         St Francis of Assisi would challenge himself to teach the youth of these days not to be materialistic, acid and self - centered as this is a conundrum that is vary many people in todays younger society.

If this werent a difficulty in our society St Francis of Assisi would concentrate and challenge himself try and vivify other problems of the y outh in the 20th century. St Francis of Assi! si was striving to let 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 motive to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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