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  • There Is A Legend Of St. Francis Of Assisi ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006 (message contributor)

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There is a legend of St. Francis of Assisi (Assisi – a town in Italy. St. Francis – founded the Franciscan religious order in 1208). He was, in his early years, a wealthy and prestigious man. With all his wealth and prestige he was also very unhappy and void of purpose. While riding his horse one day, he came upon a leper, full of sores and grotesque like no leper he had ever seen. On previous experiences he simply rode around them...

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