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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Intro; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; Chronology; 1 Peter Bernardone; Christianity and medieval Assisi; Francis's family; Troubled relations between Assisi and Perugia; Military ambition thwarted by sickness; Francis and the leper; Beginnings of a vocation; 2 Bishop Guido II of Assisi; Episcopal appeal and Francis's renunciation; Guido as the vicar of San Rufino and patron saints of Assisi; Guide's defence of his episcopal heritage; Benevolent episcopal intervention; Incipient fraternity; Guido at the papal court; Guido, Francis and Clare |
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Francis's respect for bishops and priestsFrancis's death and canonization; 3 Pope Innocent III; The papacy and St Francis; Innocent III and reform groups; Francis's quest for papal approval; Lateran IV, ecclesiastical reform and Francis; Franciscans and the restoration of the Church; 4 Lady Poverty; Poverty and the conversion experiences; Wealth and divisions in society; The monastic world and Francis; The reappraisal of the apostolic life; Gospel texts and poverty; Poverty embraced; Imitation of the Poor Christ and nuptial imagery; Medieval perception of Francis and his fraternity |
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5 Ugolino, cardinal protector and then Pope Gregory IXThe growth of the fraternity; The meeting in Florence; Appointment of a cardinal protector; Cardinal and Francis; Francis instructs Ugolino; Interventions by Ugolino; Approval of the Rule; Gregory IX and the Franciscans; 6 St Anthony of Padua and the development of theological study; Anthony's early life; An Augustinian canon at Lisbon and then Coimbra (c. 1210-20); Friar Anthony; The ministry of preaching; Measures to combat the spread of heresy; Francis and the need for theological study; The origin of Franciscan schools |
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Anthony, patron of Franciscan schoolsFranciscan perception of theology; The debate about studies; 7 St Clare, the faithful custodian of Francis's ideals; Clare's family; Manifestations of a vocation and Francis's impact; Clare's conversion; Temporary refuge and family opposition; San Damiano and the vocations of Francis and Clare; Francis's reliance on Clare; Clare in Thomas of Celano's biographies; Clare and the Roman Curia; 8 Francis as the herald of the great king; An enlarged cloister; Francis's preaching; Francis the teacher and actor |
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Francis's praise of God in song and musical instrumentsSermons in parishes; Sanctification of the piazza; Ministry of peace and reconciliation; Ecumenical reconciliation; Communion with all creation; 9 St Francis's death, burial and posthumous influence on the fraternity; Medieval conventions regarding the burial of saints; Arrangements for the death and burial of Francis; Francis's death at the Portiuncula and burial at San Giorgio; The proclamation of Francis's stigmata; Towards canonization; Basilica of St Francis and the Sacro Convento |
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Francis's posthumous influence on an expanding fraternity |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
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| SUBJECT |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 fast (OCoLC)fst00029126 |
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Christian saints -- Italy -- Biography
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Christian saints
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robinson
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| ISBN |
9781441133434 |
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1441133437 |
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