Eleven minutes from DW on the merchant's son who walked away from his money, his standing and his future, and what he turned to instead.
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Italian friar (1181–1226) from Assisi, son of a cloth merchant, who gave away his inheritance to live in poverty; founder of the Franciscan order, and in the Canticle of the Creatures he addressed sun, moon and water as brother and sister.
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Silence, prayer and direct experience within the mystical traditions of Christianity.
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