She is one of the two patron saints of Italy, together with St. Francis of Assisi.

On May 5, 1940 Pope Pius XII named her a joint Patron Saint of Italy along with Saint Francis of Assisi.

Saint Francis of Assisi, in Catholicism, is said to have received instruction directly from God and it is believed that he grants plenary indulgence to all who confess their sins and visit his chapel on the appropriate day.

Like his contemporary, Francis of Assisi, Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization, and the quick growth of the Dominicans and Franciscans during their first century of existence confirms that the orders of mendicant friars met a need.

Out of this ideal emerged two orders of mendicant friars: one, the Friars Minor, was led by Francis of Assisi ; the other, the Friars Preachers, by Dominic of Guzman.

One of the first painters in the post-classical period to use this technique was the Isaac Master in the Upper Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.

Saint Francis of Assisi ( born Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone ; 1181 died: October 3, 1226 ) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher.

Francis was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, and he lived the high-spirited life typical of a wealthy young man, even fighting as a soldier for Assisi.

While going off to war in 1204, Francis had a vision that directed him back to Assisi, where he lost his taste for his worldly life.

Francis of Assisi was one of seven children born to Pietro di Bernardone, a rich cloth merchant, and his wife Pica, about whom little is known except that she was originally from France.

In the winter the crusaders were affected by floods and disease, and the siege dragged on throughout 1219, when Francis of Assisi arrived to attempt to negotiate a truce.

** Francis of Assisi

Dream of St Gregory with St Francis of Assisi

He appointed ten cardinals and canonized Saints Elisabeth of Hungary, Dominic de Guzmán, Anthony of Padua, and Francis of Assisi, of whom he had been a personal friend and early patron.

In August 1253, after much worry about the order's insistence on absolute poverty, Innocent finally approved the rule of the 2nd Order of the Franciscans, the Poor Clares, founded by St. Clare of Assisi, the great friend of St Francis.

In 1223 Saint Francis of Assisi instructed his friars to adopt the form that was in use at the Papal Court ( Rule, chapter 3 ).

* Paradise Restored-The Social Ethics of Francis of Assisi, A Commentary on Francis's ' Salutation of the Virtues, by Jan Hoebrichts, Franciscan Institute Publications, 2004.

Portrait of Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer by William Hogarth from the late 1750s, parodying Renaissance images of Francis of Assisi.

** An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

* Francis of Assisi, Umbrian founder of the Franciscan order

* Francis of Assisi, Saint, founder of the Order of Friars Minor

* May – St. Francis of Assisi resigns from the leadership of the Franciscan Order.

* September 14 – St. Francis of Assisi, while praying on the mountain of Verna, during a 40-day fast, is said to have had a vision, as a result of which he received the stigmata ( approximate date ).

By 1569, relations with the Habsburgs had deteriorated, and Elizabeth considered marriage to two French Valois princes in turn, first Henry, Duke of Anjou, and later, from 1572 to 1581, his brother Francis, Duke of Anjou, formerly Duke of Alençon.

St. Francis of Assisi | St. Francis considered stigmata part of the imitation of Christ.

Even though Francis Stephen was his favourite candidate for Maria Theresa's hand, the Emperor considered other possibilities.

* French — Debussy, Claude: Sonata for Cello and Piano ( 1915 ; Debussy had considered calling it " Pierrot angry at the moon "); Popy, Francis: Pierrot Sleeps ( n. d .; violin and piano ); Salzedo, Carlos ( worked mainly in U. S. A .): " Pierrot is Sad ", from Sketches for Harpist Beginners, two series ( 1942 ; harp ); Satie, Erik: " Pierrot's Dinner " ( 1909 ; piano ).

The heats of the 100 metres were the first Olympic event to be conducted, and the winner of the first heat, Francis Lane, can thus be considered the first Olympic winner.

It is considered that Mary's uncles Francis, Duke of Guise and Charles of Guise may have held the real power in that period.

* Francis James Child collected fourteen variants in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, but the summary of Child Ballad 39A is considered to be the earliest ( Another Child ballad, Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane has no connection with this ballad except for the similarity of the heroes ' names.

Both Francis Bacon and René Descartes described the human intellect or understanding as something which needed to be considered limited, and needing the help of a methodical and skeptical approach to learning about nature.

Shakyamuni Gautama ( who left a more severe ascetism to seek a reasoned " middle way " of balanced life ), Mahavir Swami, Anthony the Great ( St. Anthony of the Desert ), Francis of Assisi, Jesus, and Mahatma Gandhi can all be considered ascetics.

The Arminians were perceived as ready to compromise with the Spanish, whereas the Dutch Calvinists were not, so Arminianism was considered by some to be political treason ; in 1617 – 8 there was a pamphlet war and Francis van Aarssens expressed the view that the Arminians were working for Philip IV of Spain.

" Donald Spoto, in a book about Saint Francis of Assisi, said monks were motivated to call them children, and not wandering poor, because being poor was considered pious and the Church was embarrassed by its wealth in contrast to the poor.

Léopold Clément's younger brother, Francis Stephen, was invited to Vienna, but Maria Theresa's father considered other possibilities ( such as marrying her to the future Charles III of Spain ) before announcing the engagement of the couple.

* Tau is usually considered as the symbol of Franciscan orders due to St. Francis ' love for it, symbol of the redemption and of the Cross.

Francis considered a career in medicine and was about to accept a four-year scholarship offered at New York University.

Afterwards, Francis told them that she considered their ballads too intellectual and sophisticated for the young generation and requested a more lively song.

Former England manager Fabio Capello considered Francis the best English player ever to have played in Serie A.

Other moral examples like Francis of Assisi, Paul the Apostle, Buddha and Gandhi are also sometimes considered by the spiritists.

Decades later, Francis considered losing that race his greatest regret and called it " a disaster of massive proportions.

However, on July 14, 1865, in what is considered the last ascent of the golden age of alpinism, the English party of Edward Whymper, Charles Hudson, Lord Francis Douglas, Douglas Robert Hadow, Michel Croz and the two Peter Taugwalders ( father and son ) were able to reach the summit by an ascent of the Hörnli ridge in Switzerland.

Cali contains a well preserved historical center, the most important zone is La plaza de Caicedo, considered the center of the city, which is a square surrounded by many historical and modern buildings like El edificio Otero, La Catedral and El Palacio de Justicia ; This plaza is close to other touristic places, like The Saint Francis church ( in Spanish, Iglesia de San Francisco ), the municipal theater and La Merced church.

Unlike Catholic saints such as Padre Pio or Francis ( who considered stigmata a sign of the imitation of Christ ) Eastern Orthodox saints have never reported stigmata, but saints such as Seraphim and Silouan have reported being transfigured by an inward light of grace.

Writing in The Guardian, critic Anthony Berkeley Cox, writing under the name Francis Iles, noted that the two minor grammatical errors he spotted were " likely to spoil no one's enjoyment " of the novel as he considered that On Her Majesty's Secret Service was " not only up to Mr. Fleming's usual level, but perhaps even a bit above it.

SOE Circuit leader Francis Suttill considered Agazarian's continued presence to be a security risk.

Late in 1813, Drummond was sent to Upper Canada as lieutenant governor, replacing Francis de Rottenburg, an unpopular officer who was considered over-cautious, nervous about any sort of engagement, and reluctant to send reinforcements to vital areas.