Early Life
St. Francis was born in Assisi, which is a city in this modern day nation.
What is Italy?
What are the stigmata?
This holy order is named after St. Francis of Assisi.
What is the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)?
St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of this.
What is animals, the Franciscans, and Italy? (any of these is acceptable)
Pope Francis was the first Pope to come from this continent.
What is South America?
St. Francis's father was a merchant that primarily sold this.
What is silk/textiles?
When praying in a decrepit church, St. Francis recieved these instructions.
What was to rebuild God's church/house?
St. Francis of Assisi helped St. Clare of Assisi found this holy order.
What is the Poor Clares?
St. Francis of Assisi hid in this when sheltering from his father's wrath.
What is a cave?
Pope Francis was the first pope to come from this religious order.
What are the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)?
During his youth, this event caused St. Francis to reconsider his revelry and indulgence in a wealthy lifestyle.
What was being captured during a war and becoming ill?
What was to return to Assisi?
Early in his ministry, St. Francis of Assisi begged for this item to help rebuild a church.
What were bricks?
During a crusade, St. Francis of Assisi crossed into the infidel camp in an attempt to do this.
What was to convert the Sultan?
Pope Francis became pope after the resignation of this pope.
Who was Pope Benedict XVI?
When offering gold to rebuild a ruined church, the priest refused a young St. Francis due to this reason.
Why was because Francis had stolen from his father?
St. Francis of Assisi stopped an attack by this animal through prayer.
What is a wolf?
While ultimately failing to convert the Muslim's during the 5th Crusade, St. Francis of Assisi's attempted rapprochement resulted in this special priviledge for his holy order.
What is being recognized as "Custodians of the Holy Land" (being allowed to stay, even after the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem)
When asked by a friend who he was to marry, St. Francis of Assisi's reply was this.
Who was "Lady Poverty"?
Pope Francis took the name "Francis" because of St. Francis of Assisi's love for this group.
Who is the poor?
According to legend, when brought to trail by his father who hoped to strip him of his inheritance, St. Francis gave this to his father.
What were his clothes?
After St. Francis of Assisi's proposed monastic order received pushback from papal advisors, Pope Innocent III received this vision.
What is a vision of a poor man (Francis) holding up the church (the Lateran Basilica)?
St. Francis of Assisi is sometimes regarded as the first Italian _______ because he wrote in Umbrian (Italian) rather than in Latin so the common folk could understand.
What is the first Italian poet?
St. Francis of Assisi is credited for inventing this popular Christmas tradition.
What is the live Nativity scene?
At the age of 21, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis's name before becoming pope) lost part of this organ after an illness.
What is a lung?