St Francis of Assisi - Portland, OR
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saopaulo1
N 45° 33.152 W 122° 34.320
10T E 533407 N 5044422
A sculpture of St Francis of Assisi in POrtland, OR.
Waymark Code: WM142D1
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2021
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"Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Francis of Assisi (Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; 1181 or 1182 – 3 October 1226), was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, and mystic. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of St. Clare, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity.
Pope Gregory IX canonized Franciscus Assisiensis (his name in Latin) on 16 July 1228. Along with Catherine of Siena, he was designated patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the sultan al-Kamil and put an end to the conflict of the Fifth Crusade. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs.
Francis is known for his devotion to the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene. According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of a Seraphic angel in a religious ecstasy." (
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