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Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
Francis of Assisi
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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
Catholic Deacon
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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
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Everything in man should halt in awe...Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar.
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Water is the mirror of nature.
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God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.
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