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Our patron saint is St. Francisco of Assisi, he was born in Assisi (Italy) in the year 1182. After a misspent youth in amusement, he resigned to parental property and gave himself to God. He embraced poverty and lived an evangelical life, preaching to all the love of God. He gave his followers some wise rules, which were then approved by the Holy See. He founded an order of monks and his first follower woman, Santa Clara who founded the Poor Clares, inspired by Him

A saint for all

There is certainly no saint to be as popular as him, both among Catholics and among Protestants and even among non-Christians. St. Francis of Assisi captured the imagination of his contemporaries presenting poverty, chastity and obedience to the purity and strength of a radical testimony.

He became known as the Poor Man of Assisi by his marriage with poverty, his love for the birds and all nature. This reflects a soul in which God was everything without division, a soul that is nourished by the truths of the Catholic faith and had delivered entirely, not only Christ, but Christ crucified.