Daily Medieval

Ugolino di Conti's birth year is suggested as somewhere between 1145 and 1170, but there are suggestions that he was in his 90s at his d...

Inspired by Francis of Assisi , Clare of Assisi  (16 July 1194 - 11 August 1253) founded a new order for women, the "Order of Poor Ladi...

Similar to St. Francis of Assisi , St. Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio) was born to a wealthy family—her father was a count—but she...

In 1224, Francis of Assisi was on the mountain of Verna, enduring a 40-day fast prior to Michaelmas . He had a companion, Brother Leo, who ...

One of the most familiar mental images of Francis of Assisi is his connection with Nature. While traveling through the Spoleto Valley, Fran...

Francis of Assisi , prior to his episode on the Fifth Crusade , traveled to Rome with his followers to request of the pope permission to fou...

When Francis of Assisi  looked for inspiration about how he should be organizing his new-found life of devotion to God—and because he was d...

When young Francesco di Bernardone realized he wanted to live a more devout and pious life, the change did not happen all at once. His enco...

About 1181 in Assisi in Umbria, Pica di Bourlemont gave birth to a son. Her husband, the cloth merchant Pietro Bernardone, was in France on ...

While explaining oblates I mentioned that there was a group called "Third Orders." "Third Order" signifies a lay member...

A collection of notes related to the date and to this blog*: St. Francis was first mentioned here , then the phenomenon of his stigmata h...

Painting, Vincenzo Foppa (1430-1515) St. Francis of Assisi has already been mentioned , but since this is the anniversary of his death ....

St. Francis of Assisi The Mendicant Orders were a 13th century movement that stirred up great controversy in the Middle Ages. Called so ...