Founding of the Franciscans
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Catholic Church, Catholics, Monks, Nuns, Monasteries, Convents
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: April 16, 1209
Article abstract: The founding of the Franciscans represents the first time in Catholic Church history in which religious brothers and sisters are allowed to live in strict poverty, owning nothing, and the first time that men of a religious order are allowed to go about preaching as opposed to living in a monastery.
Summary of Event
Francis Bernardone was born in 1181 or 1182, the son of a cloth merchant. He was an ordinary young man, very popular with his friends, and he dreamed of knighthood and marriage. When war broke out between his home town and...
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