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Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.

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
Clouds
Thou
Air
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Clime
Wind
Sustenance
Lord
Praised
Every
Cloud
Kind
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