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Oct 04

Saint Francis of Assisi

October 4th XIII century

Name
Francisco (Masculino)
Meaning
El francés, from Italiano
Other saints
Other saints named Francisco
Born
en Asís, in current Italy
Dead
October 3rd 1226 in Asís, in current Italy
Process
Celebration
October 4th
Religious
de la Orden de Frailes Menores
Picture of Saint Francis of Assisi Fuente: lib-art.com
Memory of saint Francis who, after a unconcerned youth, became the Evangelical life in Assisi, the Umbrian town, finding Christ in the poor and needy, becoming poor himself and instituting the Friars Minor. Traveling he preached God's love to all and came even to the Holy Land, showing them desire to follow Christ with his words and attitudes, choosing to die lying on the bare ground. Roman martyrology