Saint Francis - Warner Springs, CA
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N 33° 17.151 W 116° 38.190
11S E 533846 N 3683035
A statue of Saint Frances in Warner Springs, California.
Waymark Code: WM151JT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2021
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The statue is elevated by about 5 feet and is located at the base of the bell tower. The church dates back to 1830. Photos taken on 26 September 2021. Taken from Wikipedia, "Francis of Assisi (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone; Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Franciscus Assisiensis; 1181 or 1182 – 3 October 1226), venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi, also known in his ministry as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher.[3] 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.[1]
Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis 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 or near his feast day of 4 October. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the sultan al-Kamil to put an end to the conflict of the Fifth Crusade.[4] By this point, the Franciscan Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the order. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs.
Francis is known for his love of the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene.[a][6][7] According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of a Seraphic angel in a religious ecstasy,
which would make him the first person in Christian tradition to bear the wounds of Christ's Passion.[9] He died during the evening hours of 3 October 1226, while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 14"