Saint Francis of Assisi (Confessor)
Son of a wealthy merchant of Assisi, Francis renounced his fortune to marry 'Lady Poverty' after a worldly youth. Founder of the Order of Fr…
Patronage
Order of Friars Minor
3 saints
Saint Francis of Assisi (Stigmata)
Two years before his death, during a fast on Mount La Verna, Saint Francis of Assisi miraculously received the stigmata of Christ after the …
Saints Daniel, Samuel, Donulus, Leo, Hugolinus, Nicholas and Angelus
In 1221, seven Franciscan friars led by Daniel of Calabria set out to evangelize North Africa. After preaching the Christian faith in Ceuta,…