Francis was born in the town of Assisi and spent most of his life in that same area.
Saint Francis of Assisi - At Greccio near Assisi, around 1220, Francis celebrated Christmas by setting up the first known presepio or creche (Nativity scene). He used actual people and live animals to portray the figures.
Saint Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy, in 1182, and spent his childhood in the town. He grew up in a wealthy family but later renounced his wealth and lived a life of poverty and service to others.
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St. Francis of Assisi grew up in Assisi, Italy. He was born in 1181 or 1182 and spent his early years in a wealthy family, but later renounced his wealth to live a life of poverty and service to others.
St. Francis WAS a rich young man until he gave it all up to serve the Lord. Pror to his conversion, Francis was a man of wine, women and song.
Francis came from a wealthy family and always had the best of everything. He loved the life of 'wine, women and song' but had to give all that up for a life of poverty and prayer.
His tomb is in the crypt of the St Francis Basilica in Assissi, Italy. It is a stone sarcophagus that lies under the altar in the crypt of the Basilica. When visiting the basilica, you can visit the crypt and the tomb, but there is a 'keep moving' policy on some days because of the many visitors. The remaining church is split into 2 levels, one of which coontains a great deal of art by Giotto. The town of Assissi itself is a beautiful place right in the hills of central Italy.
Saint Francis of Assisi is credited with creating the first nativity scene in 1223, a "living" one, intending thereby to cultivate the worship of Christ,
Francis gave up a life of wealth and luxury and was free from the burdens that they bring. This gave him a freedom to better serve the Lord by spending his life in prayer and helping others.
As far as I know, St. Francis of Assisi was a rich man but gave up all his wealth to help the poor...
Believe it or not, wolves do have a patron: Edmund of East Anglia . Why he has that distinction, I do not know.Another saint that could be considered as a patron would be Francis of Assisi. Look up the story of Francis and the wolf of Gubbio on the Internet. The wolf of Gubbio was a wolf that, according to the Fioretti di San Francesco, terrorized the city of Gubbio until it was tamed by St. Francis of Assisi acting on behalf of God. While this may only be a pious legend, it is a wonderful story that demonstrates the love Francis had for all of nature