The Christian misfits did not lead comfortable lives. For this reason, among others, they tended to make others uncomfortable ...

Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in Assisi was started in 1228. The painter Cimabue (also called Cenni di Pepo) ...

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When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot ... “valuing it,” as Saint Bonaventure wrote in his 13th-century Life of Saint Francis, “no more than dust ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

The people of Lucera were known to compare him with St. Francis of Assisi, from whom he derived his name. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.