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Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 in Assisi, Italy.
* He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant.
* Francis lived a life of luxury and pleasure in his youth.
* He was captured and imprisoned during a war in his early twenties.
* After his release, he had a religious conversion and devoted his life to poverty and service to others.
* He founded the Franciscan Order, which became one of the largest religious orders in the Catholic Church.
* Francis was canonized a saint in 1228.
* He is considered one of the most important figures in Christian history.
* His feast day is October 4.
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.
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