Originally, he helped his father in the family cloth mercantile in Assisi. They he tried being a soldier for a while, until he was taken prisoner of war and spent some time in prison. While in prison he underwent a conversion and, upon release, became an itinerant preacher. He spent the rest of his short life evangelizing in Italy.
St. Francis of Assisi was a wealthy merchant in Assisi before he had a spiritual conversion and renounced his material possessions to live a life of poverty and service to God.
Saint Matthew was a tax collector before becoming one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Tradition holds that he was a fisherman before becoming an apostle.
Saint Matthew was a tax collector before becoming one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Thomas the Apostle is traditionally believed to have been a fisherman before becoming one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
Saint James the Greater was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Before becoming an apostle, he was a fisherman by trade.
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He was a lawyer and a farmer.
He worked for the PC's (progressive conservatives) before becoming Prime Minister.
Before becoming a writer he wanted to be a dancer.
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Writing the declaration of Independence .
he wiped peoples buttox
attorney
He picked his nose.
Andrew Jackson was a Lawer and a Soldier.
Carter was a peanut farmer in his early days.
Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer and a naval officer before being a president.