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    Saint Francis of Assisi: Illustrated Edition
    Saint Francis of Assisi: Illustrated Edition
    Saint Francis of Assisi: Illustrated Edition
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    Saint Francis of Assisi: Illustrated Edition

    By G. K. Chesterton and Robert Scott Crandall

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    St. Francis of Assisi is perhaps the most important of the non-apostle saints. He was born to wealth and privilege in Assisi, Italy in 1181. As a youth he dreamed of military glory and lived the decadent lifestyle one would expect from of a wealthy, young Italian man.

    In 1202 Francis went off to war and was subsequently captured and spent a year of hardship in Collestrada as a prisoner of war. In 1205 he set off to war again, but this time God sent him a vision and he returned home and took up a religion.

    What followed was a most remarkable life. St. Francis founded an order in the Catholic Church devoted to helping those in poverty. No other saint embodied the teaching of Christ in quite such an emblematic way.

    Here G. K. Chesterton gives us the definitive biography of this most amazing man.

    This edition is lavishly illustrated with twelve original full page illustrations by Robert Scott Crandall.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJun 2, 2021
    ISBN9781515451037
    Saint Francis of Assisi: Illustrated Edition
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    G. K. Chesterton

    G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer, philosopher and critic known for his creative wordplay. Born in London, Chesterton attended St. Paul’s School before enrolling in the Slade School of Fine Art at University College. His professional writing career began as a freelance critic where he focused on art and literature. He then ventured into fiction with his novels The Napoleon of Notting Hill and The Man Who Was Thursday as well as a series of stories featuring Father Brown.

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