Hear the story of how the courtly young soldier became a knight of Jesus Christ, vowed devotion to Lady Poverty and proved himself the little brother to all men and even to the birds and beasts. The son of a wealthy merchant, Francis of Assisi kept company in his youth with a lawless band of young nobles who were bent on having a good time and thought nothing of the comfort of other people. After an encounter with God, he began his ministry to the outcasts of society: the lepers, the poor, the hungry.

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