Quote by: Francis of Assisi

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.


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Author Bio


  • NameFrancis of Assisi
  • DescriptionItalian Catholic friar and preacher
  • AliasesGiovanni di Pietro di Bernardone; St. Francis of Assisi; Saint Francis of Assisi; San Francisco de Asís
  • BornJune 24, 1182
  • DiedOctober 3, 1226
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionReligious; Poet; Author; Friar