Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Some Forerunners of St. Francis of Assisi
Early in the thirteenth century, there appeared almost simultaneously in different parts of southern Europe two men destined to in?uence the lives of multitudes: Dominic, a noble' Spaniard and a scholar; Francis, son of a merchant in the little Italian town of Assisi, destitute of the learning of the schools. Both believed that, as disciples of Christ, they were bound to obey literally the commands of the Master: to teach; to help the suffering; to live, as Christ had told His Apostles to do, in utter poverty. Throngs of followers eager to spend their lives in apostolic poverty speedily gathered about both men.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
