St. Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi was born in 1182 into a very wealthy family. He lived mostly a carefree life but later that changed completely. He was the founder of the Franciscan Order. He faced lots of changes in his life after a certain chain of events.

When he was older he went into the military, but unfortunately he got captured and was held in captivity. They don’t know for sure when Francis converted but it is said that he converted while being in captivity, but the only reason why they are not sure is because when he returned home he went back to his original lifestyle of not having a care in the world.

St. Francis became ill about a year later. But again he decided to join the military in 1204. After that he had a vision. That vision ended up leading Francis to go and learn more about Christianity at Assisi. He started to worship God and ask him for wisdom.

This is when his wealthy lifestyle changed dramatically. When he returned home his parents were not very happy about his new decisions for his life. But, even though they were not happy detached himself from them and went on to start his new lifestyle as a beggar in Assisi. He decided to live his life in poverty and worshipping God.

This is when he started to get followers that followed by the same lifestyle; they were the Franciscan Order of monks.

Francis always preached to nature no matter if there were people around or not. He claimed in 1224 that he got the same wounds that Christ experienced in his body. Not long after that in 1226 he passed away singing to Psalm 142.

After he died he was declared a saint by the Pope himself. It has been said that St. Francis of Assisi led the lifestyle of Chris extremely well. Even though he died his followers still kept to following the same lifestyle and still promoting and living by poverty, preaching repentance to all, and caring for others. The Franciscan Order of monks was allowed to live in the Holy Land.