Who Is Saint Francis Of Assisi?

Saint Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Umbria. Which is just north of San Marino, the capital of Italy. He was born in 1181 but no one knows the exact date of his birth. His Father returned from France to see he had a son. He had a mother and a father. His Mother was Pica de Bourlemont and his Father was Pietro di Bernardone. Saint Francis of Assisi was one of seven kids. Pietro di Bernardone, his father was a wealthy silk merchant. He wanted Saint Francis of Assisi to be a silk merchant like him. He did not want to be a silk merchant he wanted to be a son of god. His dad did not want him to be a son of God but his mother encouraged him to be one. His actual name was John but his mother later changed it to St. John the Baptist. As Saint Francis was growing up he became and leader of crowds. He did all his father’s dreams. He fell in love with France. He loved the songs in France. He Also loved the romance in France. Francis lived the high-spirited life. He even fought as a soldier for Assisi. In 1201, he joined a military expedition against Perugia and was taken as a prisoner at Collestrada, spending a year as a captive. Saint Francis of Assisi was a Devout Christian. He was ordained as a Deacon. He
In 1212, he sailed for Jerusalem, but his boat crashed from a storm on the Dalmatian coast, making him return to Italy. In 1212 Francis sailed for Morocco, but an illness forced him to break off his journey in Spain. In 1215, Francis went again to Rome for the Fourth Lateran Council. In Rome, he met Dominic de Guzman, who is the founder of the Friars Preachers a religious order. In 1217, he offered to go to France but, Cardinal Ugolino of Segni said that he needed to stay in France. Francis went to Egypt during the Fifth Crusade. The Fifth Crusade was an attempt by Western Europeans to get the land of Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy