St. Fransic my story

St. Francis de Bernardone was born in Assisi in Umbria in 1181. His father was a rich merchant who made cloth. There was a war in Perugia and Francis was taken with chains to jail. While he was in jail he got very ill. His dad paid a ransom for him to get out. When he was out his mother nurse her back to health. Then one day he went to the temple to pray. God said, “Please repair my temple”. So he took his dad’s cloth and sold it to buy stones to repair the temple. He begged for stones instead of food. The bishop told him to give the money back. He gave back the money to his dad. Not just the money but the clothes too. He called the animals his brothers and sisters. He said he always wanted to play the lute. One day brother eagle woke St. Francis and he felt like the nails were in his hands and feet and the scar on his side. St. Francis was a traveling preacher. St. Francis died in 1226. The End