# Francis of Assisi

> He gave up everything to live as a beggar, founded an order that still wears his brown rope-knotted habit, and claimed the wounds of Christ appeared on his own body in 1224. The mystic who tried to convert a sultan and staged the first live nativity is now the patron saint of Italy and animals alike.

*Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francis-of-assisi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1182-06-24
- **Died:** 1226-10-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone was born around 1181 in Italy and turned his back on comfort to become an itinerant preacher living in total poverty. He founded the Franciscans, a religious order built on that same radical simplicity. In 1219 he walked into Egypt during the Fifth Crusade, trying to convert Sultan Al-Kamil and stop the war. Four years later he arranged the first live nativity scene in Greccio, reshaping how Christmas would be celebrated. In 1224, during a religious ecstasy, he reported stigmata—wounds matching Christ's crucifixion—appearing on his hands and feet. He died on 3 October 1226 and was canonized less than two years later, his name now tied to the city of San Francisco and to the worldwide blessing of animals every 4 October.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 75.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 30.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 11.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #100
- **Category rank:** #184

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #Literature, #News Broadcasting, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676555)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Francis%20of%20Assisi)
- [Sant Francisco d'Asís](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Francisco_d'As%C3%ADs)
- [فرنسيس الأسيزي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A)
- [فرانسيس الاسيزى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%89)
- [Franciscu d'Asís](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscu_d'As%C3%ADs)
- [Francesco d'Assisi](https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_d'Assisi)
- [Assizli Fransisk](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assizli_Fransisk)
- [Franz vo Assisi](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_vo_Assisi)
- [Šv. Prancėškos Asīžėitis](https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0v._Pranc%C4%97%C5%A1kos_As%C4%AB%C5%BE%C4%97itis)
- [Francisco de Assisi](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Assisi)
- [Францішак з Асізі](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%B7_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96)
- [Францыск Асізскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Франциск от Асизи](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8)
- [Francesco d'Assisi](https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_d'Assisi)
- [Frañsez a Asiz](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra%C3%B1sez_a_Asiz)
- [Franjo Asiški](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_Asi%C5%A1ki)
- [Francesc d'Assís](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_d'Ass%C3%ADs)
- [فڕانسیس ئاسیزی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DA%95%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C)
- [Swiãti Francëszk z Asëżu](https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi%C3%A3ti_Franc%C3%ABszk_z_As%C3%AB%C5%BCu)
- [František z Assisi](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_z_Assisi)
- [Ассизи Францискӗ](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D3%97)
- [Ffransis o Assisi](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffransis_o_Assisi)
- [Frans af Assisi](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_af_Assisi)
- [Franz von Assisi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Assisi)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francesc_d'Ass%C3%ADs)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_z_Assisi)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_von_Assisi)

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