Franciscus is a Latin given name, originally an epithet meaning "the Frank, the Frenchman". It was applied to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226)....

di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious...

Dutch politician Adriaan van Bredehoff. Church in Oosthuizen View on the IJsselmeer in winter Catholic Franciscus van Assisi Church Houses in Oosthuizen...

The St. Francis of Assisi Church (Papiamento: Parokia San Francisco di Asis Dutch: Sint Franciscus Kerk) also alternatively called Pro Cathedral of St...

of his life save what may be gathered from his own writings. A native of Assisi, he is found in 1312 as a student in Perugia, and in 1316 at Cologne, whence...

Noorden, Zevenhoven Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi (Parochie Heilige Franciscus), Hoogmade/Woubrugge, Leimuiden, Oude Wetering, Oud Ade/Rijpwetering Parish...

History. "De H. Franciscus van Assisi doet afstand van zijn wereldse kleren, c. 1510". Netherlands Institute for Art History. "De verschijning van de H. Maagd...

Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the Pope and head of the Catholic...

founders of men's religious orders, and like his patron saint Francis of Assisi, he was never ordained a priest. Around 1416, Francis was born in the town...

form may stem from an obsolete rendering or attributed to faux French. Franciscus Tolensis, Vita Thomae a Kempis, 12: "Ostenditur adhuc ejus effigies, sed...