Directory of Saint Francis of Assisi Resources

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• A Saint a Day: St. Francis of Assisi

  http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/1004_francis.asp
  The story of St. Francis. Suitable for children.

• Auspicato Concessum

  http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13frc.htm
  On St. Francis of Assisi. Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, promulgated in 1882.

• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis of Assisi

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm
  Long article on St. Francis, founder, mystic, perhaps the most beloved Catholic saint of all.

• Catholic Online: St. Francis of Assisi

  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50
  Long hagiography, by Terry Matz.

• CatholicSaints.Info: Francis of Assisi

  http://catholicsaints.info/saint-francis-of-assisi/
  Illustrated profile.

• Francis of Assisi

  http://www.pathguy.com/francisc.htm
  An interfaith appreciation of one of the most popular catholic saints.

• Francis of Assisi, Friar

  http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/10/04.html
  Biographical essay. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

• Le Jongleur de Dieu

  http://www.cin.org/saints/jongleur.html
  An excerpt from G.K. Chesterton's book "St. Francis of Assisi." Illustrated.

• Mira Circa Nos

  http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Greg09/g9mira.htm
  The papal Bull canonizing St. Francis of Assisi. By Pope Gregory IX. 16 July, 1228.

• Rite Expiatis

  http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11RITEX.HTM
  Encyclical of Pope Pius XI, about St. Francis of Assisi, promulgated 13 April, 1926.

• Saint Francis of Assisi

  http://www.dlshq.org/saints/francis.htm
  Sympathetic portrait of the little poor man of Assisi, by Sri Swami Sivananda, the Brahmin-born practitioner of Yoga who founded the Divine Life Society.

• Saint Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Friars Minor, Confessor

  http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/FRANCIS.htm
  From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.

• Saint Francis Preaches to the Birds

  http://www.cin.org/francbir.html
  An excerpt from The Little Flowers of St. Francis.

• St. Francis and His Brethren

  http://www.cin.org/francbre.html
  Fairly lengthy essay, by Johannes Jorgensen, on St. Francis and his early followers.

• St. Francis Receives the Stigmata

  http://www.cin.org/franstig.html
  Article by Felix Timmermans.

• The Franciscan Archive

  http://www.franciscan-archive.org/index2.html
  Collection of documents about St. Francis and the Order of Friars Minor.

• The Franciscan Experience

  http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/fra/FRAmain.html
  Illustrated biographies of Francis and Clare of Assisi.

• The Herald of the Great King

  http://www.gloriana.nu/francis.html
  An essay on the life and spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi. Also includes quotations, prayers, and a copy of the Rule of the Third Order Regular.

• The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi

  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6367
  Book in plain text or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.

• The Life of S. Francis

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol5-francis.asp
  From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation.

• The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

  http://www.ccel.org/ccel/ugolino/flowers.html
  The "Fioretti" or "little flowers" are a collection of beloved stories about St. Francis and the early days of the Order, preserved by the "Spiritual" Franciscans. Also available for download in plain text, zip, or RTF formats.

• Thomas of Celano

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-lives.html
  Excerpts from the First and Second lives of St. Francis, with commentary by David Burr.

• Travel Italy: Francis of Assisi

  http://www.travel.it/relig/saints/francis.htm
  Illustrated biography of the saint.

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