Author: St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father, 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares. Though he was never ordained to the Catholic priesthood, Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
Francis' father was Pietro di Bernardone, a prosperous silk merchant. Francis lived the high-spirited life typic…
Go to person page >Translator: William E. A. Axon
Axon, William Edward Armytag, LL.D., was born at Manchester, Jan. 13, 1864. He was for some time Deputy Chief Librarian of Manchester, and then, on resigning in 1874, he joined the editorial staff of the Manchester Guardian and continued thereon to 1905, when he retired. Dr. Axon has published Annals of Manchester, 1886, the Ancoats Skylark, a volume of verse, 1896, Cobden as a Citizen, 1906, and other works. To Songs of Hope and Brotherhood, 1904, a collection of hymns for the Manchester Vegetarian Society's Summer School, he contributed nine hymns. As a writer of hymns he is best known through his translation of the hymn usually attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, "Cantico delle creature," beginning "Altissimo omnipotente bo…
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