Paul Sabatier's biography of the revered St. Francis of Assisi is written with passion and detail, examining and drawing upon many writings and texts concerning the great friar's life. In Life of St. Francis of Assisi we find a superbly researched account of the venerated saint. Himself a clergyman, Paul Sabatier was able to access the archives of the Franciscan monastic order together with diplomatic accounts of Francis and his activities. Writings attributed to St. Francis himself are also included, as are miscellaneous chronicles from elsewhere. Sabatier is keen to identify sources which are legendary or mythic, and those attributed directly to authors. Voracious in his examinations, even obscure fragments concerning the saint's life come into purview. Moreover, this edition contains all the original notes appended at the conclusion of each respective chapter.

"First published in 1894, with the first English-language edition appearing in 1906, this was the first modern biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Roman Catholic monk and founder of the Order of Friars Minor, known as the Franciscans. A bestseller in its time, and ultimately translated into 55 languages, this lovely workby French clergyman, historian, and theologian PAUL SABATIER (18581928)tells the story of the monks life in clear, sympathetic language, from his youth and conversion to his suffering of stigmata in later years, with a special emphasis on his kind heart and the love of nature and animals that has made him beloved to Christians. Readers of history, biography, and religious literature will enjoy this lovely book."

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Das historische Buch k nnen zahlreiche Rechtschreibfehler, fehlende Texte, Bilder, oder einen Index. K ufer k nnen eine kostenlose gescannte Kopie des Originals (ohne Tippfehler) durch den Verlag. 1895. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: ... ihr tiefstes Sehnen zu verstehen. Wie ein Strom, der lange gehemmt, pl tzlich einen Ausweg findet, st rzte sich dieses junge Herz mit der vollen Glut und Begeisterung seiner Iahre auf die Bahn, welche Franz als die rechte bezeichnet hatte. Die Bewunderung edler Frauen ist allezeit der beste Iungbrunnen f r Heilige und Helden gewesen. Mehr denn je gilt es hier, die Zweifel niedriger Geister zur ckzuweisen, die sich eine wirkliche Gemeinschaft zwischen Mann und Frau ohne Bande der Sinnlichkeit nicht vorzustellen verm gen. Gerade als Vorausdarstellung, als Symbol heiligster Seelengemeinschaft, ist die Verbindung der Geschlechter von einem Hauche des G ttlichen umweht. Die physische Liebe ist nur der auflodernde Funken, an dem sich die still brennende Glut der Treue entz nden soll: Gleichsam der Vorhof zum Tempel, ist sie noch nicht das Allerheiligste; ja ihr unsch tzbarer Wert liegt gerade darin, da sie uns pl tzlich vor der Pforte zum G tterbilde verl t, wie um uns zum Eintritt einzuladen. Das Seufzen und Sehnen der Natur dr ngt nach Gemeinschaft der Seelen. Diesem unbekannten Gotte opfern die nach Sinneslust Trunknen, die Schlemmer der Liebe. Ob verwischt und beschmutzt, dr ckt ihr heiliger Stempel diesen S ndern doch ein anderes, weniger absto endes Gepr ge auf, als es der Trunkenbold und der Verbrechen tragen. Dennoch begegnen sich Seelen, und h ufiger als man glauben m chte, die so rein, so unbeschwert vom Erdenstaube sind, da ihr Flug sie gleich in das Allerheiligste tr gt. Einmal dort geborgen, m te ihnen der Gedanke an eine andere Gemeinschaft nicht nur einen Fall, sondern eine Unm glichkeit bedeuten....

Francis of Assisi is pre-eminently the saint of the Middle Ages. Owing nothing to church or school he was truly theodidact, and if he perhaps did not perceive the revolutionary bearing of his preaching, he at least always refused to be ordained priest. He divined the superiority of the spiritual priesthood. Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi), born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco (1181/1182 - 3 October 1226), was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated Patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for Catholic and Anglican churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October. He is often remembered as the patron saint of animals. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades. By this point, the Franciscan Order had grown to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs. Francis is also known for his love of the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene. According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of Seraphic angels in a religious ecstasy making him the first recorded person in Christian history to bear the wounds of Christ's Passion. He died during the evening hours of 3 October 1226, while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 142.