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Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light

Francis of Assisi

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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
Catholic Deacon
Friar Franciscan
Poet
Saint
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone
St. Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
San Francisco de Asís
San Francesco d'Assisi
Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone
von Assisi
Saint Franz
von Assisi
Saint Franziskus
San Francisco de Asis
Saint Francis
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