St. Francis

<p><span style=color: rgba(26 26 26 1)>St. Francis of Assisi Italian San Francesco d'Assisi baptized Giovanni renamed Francesco in full Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone (born 1181/82 Assisi duchy of Spoleto [Italy]-died October 3 1226 Assisi founder of the </span>Franciscan<span style=color: rgba(26 26 26 1)> orders of the Friars Minor (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) the women's Order of St. Clare (the </span>Poor Clares<span style=color: rgba(26 26 26 1)>) and the lay Third Order was a leader of the movement of evangelical </span>poverty<span style=color: rgba(26 26 26 1)> in the early 13th century.</span></p>