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a b c d e f g h i Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Francis of Assisi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Bonaventure, Saint Cardinal (1910). Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi. J.M. Dent; New York: E.P. Dutton. Bliss, Peggy Ann (3 October 2019). "Animals to be blessed Saturday at Episcopal Cathedral" (PDF). The San Juan Daily Star. p.20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2019 . Retrieved 6 October 2019. Events, New Skete Monastery". newskete.org. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021 . Retrieved 21 December 2019. Knecht, Robert J. (2002). The rise and fall of Renaissance France, 1483–1610. Wiley. p.158. ISBN 978-0631227298 . Retrieved 23 August 2012.Francis attempted to arrange an alliance with HenryVIII at the famous meeting at the Field of Cloth of Gold on 7 June 1520, but despite a lavish fortnight of diplomacy they failed to reach an agreement. [14] Francis and Henry were both obsessed with dreams of power and chivalric glory; their relationship featured intense personal and dynastic rivalry. Francis was driven by his intense eagerness to retake Milan, despite the strong opposition of other Powers. Henry was likewise determined to recapture northern France, which Francis could never allow. [15]

The Pope “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference”, Matteo Bruni, the Vatican spokesman, said in a statement.Seward, Desmond. Prince of the Renaissance: The Life of François I (New York: Macmillan, 1973) ISBN 978-0-3511-8234-1 OL 10687109M Much of the military activity of Francis's reign was focused on his sworn enemy, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Francis and Charles maintained an intensely personal rivalry. Charles, in fact, brashly challenged Francis to single combat multiple times. In addition to the Holy Roman Empire, Charles personally ruled Spain, Austria, and a number of smaller possessions neighbouring France. He was thus a constant threat to Francis' kingdom. Never forget your inheritance. You are the heirs of the great Russia. The great Russia of the saints, of the kings, of the great Russia of Peter the Great, of Catherine II, that great imperial Russia, cultivated, with so much culture and humanity. Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russian.”

In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the sultan al-Kamil and put an end to the conflict of the Fifth Crusade. [5] In 1223, he arranged for the first live nativity scene as part of the annual Christmas celebration in Greccio. [b] [6] [7] According to Christian tradition, in 1224 Francis received the stigmata during the apparition of a Seraphic angel in a religious ecstasy. [8] Pope Francis YouTube Doc 'The Letter: A Message For Our Earth' Launches From Vatican City – Trailer". Variety. 4 October 2022 . Retrieved 25 November 2022. Doyle, Eric (1996). St. Francis and the Song of Brotherhood and Sisterhood. Franciscan Institute. ISBN 978-1576590034. Acocella, Joan (14 January 2013). "Rich Man, Poor Man: The Radical Visions of St. Francis". The New Yorker. Vol.88, no.43. pp.72–77 . Retrieved 23 January 2015. .

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On 7 July 1530, Francis I married his second wife Eleanor of Austria, [49] Queen (widow) of Portugal and the sister of Emperor Charles V. The couple had no children.Paul Moses, The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi's Mission of Peace, New York: Doubleday, 2009. Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers (Fioretti), London, 2012. limovia.net ISBN 978-1-78336-013-0. Brooke, Rosalind B. (2006). The Image of St Francis: Responses to Sainthood in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge: University Press. In 1537, Francis signed the Ordonnance de Montpellier, which decreed that his library be given a copy of every book to be sold in France. Francis' older sister, Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, was also an accomplished writer who produced the classic collection of short stories known as the Heptameron. Francis corresponded with the abbess and philosopher Claude de Bectoz, of whose letters he was so fond that he would carry them around and show them to the ladies of his court. [10] However involving God as part of the campaign does not make a war a holy war - for a war to be a holy war, religion has to be the driving force.