# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-of-assisi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:21.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-of-assisi"
name: "Francis of Assisi"
slug: "francis-of-assisi"
description: "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."
tagline: "Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StFrancis_part.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1182-06-24"
deathDate: "1226-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           75.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           30.50088
  currentAttention:     11.03571428571429
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  100
  category: 184
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Writer / Author"
    slug: "writer-author"
  - name: "Poetry"
    slug: "poetry"
  - name: "Literature"
    slug: "literature"
  - name: "News Broadcasting"
    slug: "news-broadcasting"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q676555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Francis%20of%20Assisi"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Francisco_d'As%C3%ADs"
    title: "Sant Francisco d'Asís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "فرنسيس الأسيزي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "فرانسيس الاسيزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscu_d'As%C3%ADs"
    title: "Franciscu d'Asís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_d'Assisi"
    title: "Francesco d'Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assizli_Fransisk"
    title: "Assizli Fransisk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franz vo Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0v._Pranc%C4%97%C5%A1kos_As%C4%AB%C5%BE%C4%97itis"
    title: "Šv. Prancėškos Asīžėitis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Francisco de Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Францішак з Асізі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Францыск Асізскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Франциск от Асизи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_d'Assisi"
    title: "Francesco d'Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra%C3%B1sez_a_Asiz"
    title: "Frañsez a Asiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_Asi%C5%A1ki"
    title: "Franjo Asiški"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc_d'Ass%C3%ADs"
    title: "Francesc d'Assís"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "فڕانسیس ئاسیزی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi%C3%A3ti_Franc%C3%ABszk_z_As%C3%AB%C5%BCu"
    title: "Swiãti Francëszk z Asëżu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_z_Assisi"
    title: "František z Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ассизи Францискӗ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffransis_o_Assisi"
    title: "Ffransis o Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_af_Assisi"
    title: "Frans af Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Assisi"
    title: "Franz von Assisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francesc_d'Ass%C3%ADs"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_z_Assisi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_von_Assisi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.