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May 1, 2022 · San Francesco (Saint Francis) was born on September 26, 1181 in Assisi to Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, a very wealthy cloth merchant, and his wife Giovanna also known as Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except she is said to have belonged to a noble family of Provence, France. He was one of seven children.
San Francesco (Saint Francis) was born on September 26, 1181 in Assisi to Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, a very wealthy cloth merchant, and his wife Giovanna also known as Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except she is said to have belonged to a noble family of Provence, France.
Dec 17, 2022 · St. Francis was born in Assisi, a duchy of Spoleto, Italy, in 1181. His father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, was a wealthy Italian cloth merchant and landowner, and his mother was from France. One of seven children, St. Francis enjoyed a fine, albeit overindulged, upbringing. As a young man, St. Francis was known to be handsome, witty ...
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Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia) Pietro viene pure ricordato nei Fioretti di San Francesco (cap. XXIX), dove il demonio, mentendo per indurre un frate in disperazione, lo dice dannato, come Francesco. Ciò indica che l'anonimo autore lo riteneva per sempre unito al figlio glorioso. Note [modifica | modifica wikitesto] ^ Secondo Giorgio Petrocchi (Scrittori religiosi del Duecento , Firenze ...
As his birth name denotes, Francis was born circa 1181/2 in the mountain town of Assisi, Italy. The son of an Italian father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, and a French mother, Pica de Bourlemont, the child was christened Giovanni (John) di Pietro di Bernardone by his mother, but quickly renamed Francesco (Francis) by his father.
His father, Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi, was a very wealthy cloth merchant. Francesco’s mother, Giovanna, who was also known as Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she is said to have belonged to a noble family in Provence, France. So, in general, Francesco belonged to the most well-off family in all of Assisi. Because
His father (Pietro di Bernardone dei Moriconi), her mother (Pica Bourlemont), his younger brother (Angelo) and Francesco – up to the age of 24 – lived here. These were days of feasts with friends, the period of the assault on the fortress dominated by the Germans, and also the time of the war against Perugia.
