Talk:Francis of Assisi

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Contents 1 Origin of Name 2 Uselessness 3 Learning of St Francis of Assisi 4 Francis became fluent in reading several languages including Latin 5 Cultural depictions of Francis of Assisi

[edit] Origin of Name

I've added a couple of lines regarding the origin of the pet name 'Francesco'. I was surprised not to see this in the original article.

Best,

David.--Iamlondon 08:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Uselessness

(And if you happened to be wondering why this is such a useless article—see above.) --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ian Spackman (talk • contribs). Confirmed by Ian Spackman 15:03, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• Well for your information, almost 25 years ago, a Catholic friend gave my parents, a statue of Saint Francis that is still in our garden, not being Catholic, my mom always had to tell me as a child, who Francis was and what he represented(animals, the birds, the enviroment,etc).--Hailey 18:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Learning of St Francis of Assisi

According to Francis of Assisi and his world by Mark Galli, "Francis was never much of a student; he barely learned to read and write, and always preferred to be read to. He wrote even less. As an adult he was considered 'a man without learning', meaning he never undertook advanced studies in theology or law." I would be grateful if we could have sources backing the claim that Francis had a great education. If not forthcoming within a month, I shall change the article accordingly.--File Éireann 22:44, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Can we add the category:Eck Masters (see ECK_master#Historical_figures_as_ECK_masters) or is the Eckankar religous group too obscure and idiosyncratic? Andries 22:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Vittorio Messori claims that Francis served as a military chaplain in the 5th Crusade. Someone who knows more than I should address this... glasperlenspiel 19:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

No, St. Francis never made it across the Mediterranean. He did attempt to negotiate between the sultan of Egypt & the Crusaders, however. wilkyisdashiznit 08:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Also you have to remember a lot of famous people didn't do very well in school like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison.--Hailey 18:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Francis became fluent in reading several languages including Latin

Wasn't Latin the native language of his time? Francis of Assisi lived about 100 years before Dante Alighieri... --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.101.74.194 (talk • contribs).

Well, Latin was not anymore spoken even during the last centuries of the Roman Empire. In 1182, when San Francesco was born, the spoken language in Assisi was a lot closer to the modern Italian than to the ancient Latin. --Folini 18:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I've added information regarding the origin of the name 'Francesco'. I was surprised no one else had enterred this.

His mother was French. After her death Giovanni became known as 'Little Frenchman' in memory of her.

• Careless errors concerning dates corrected*

[edit] Cultural depictions of Francis of Assisi

I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information. I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list. Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article. Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this approach as a model for the editors here. Regards, Durova 17:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)