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Period: Mar 10, 1180 to Mar 10, 1280
life of st
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Jan 1, 1181
birth
Giovanni Bernardone is born (refered to as Saint Francis of Assisi -
Jan 1, 1190
goes to school
St. Francis of Assisi attends the paris school at san giogio -
Jan 1, 1205
beginning of his work
St. Francis of Assisi gives food and water to the poor and embraces a leper -
Jan 1, 1208
begins the Order Franciscans
desires to imitate jesus perfectly, begins to preach repentence and peace , many young men leave there famlies and possesions to follow francis, just as jesus's deciples did. -
Jan 1, 1213
A Gift
francis receives as a gift La Verna , a mountain in tuscan valley he often seeks solitude there , grows closer with nature on thoose trips -
Jan 1, 1217
more followers
5,000 brothers follow St. Francis -
Jan 1, 1224
returning to La Verna
Francis retuns to La Verna to pray and fast he receives the stigmata, marks of christ wounds -
Jan 1, 1226
Close to the End
Nearly blind and possibly suffering from leprosy. St. Francis returns to San Damiano -
Jan 1, 1226
death
composes a final verse about "sister death"
dies Oct. 3, 1280 buried at the church of San Giogiro in Assisi Italy