A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 126
Seraphic, from the peculiar favor in which hewas held by Heaven, was the founder of the Franciscans, one ofthe three Mendicant Orders of Friars. His father, Pietro Bernard-one, was a rich merchant. His baptismal name was Giovanni, buthe acquired the title of Francisco (the Frenchman), from the… … (Domenichino — fresco at Grotta Ferrata.)St. Franceiica Koinana. HO LEGENDS aND STORIES love of gay pleasures. In a quarrel between the inhabitants ofAssisi and those of Perugia, Francis was taken a prisoner, and heldfor a year in the fortress of Perugia. On reacliing home he wasvery ill for…
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