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Was Saint Francis of Assisi Italian?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes he was. He was born in Italy to an Italian father and lived and worked for most of his life in Italy. Baptized as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, his father later renamed him Francesco (English: Frances), meaning "the Frenchman". Why exactly he did that is not certain. It may be because his wife, Frances' mother, was French or because he owned much of his wealth to the business he did with France.

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