Thomas of Celano [SEP] religious order
Thomas of Celano
Thomas of Celano (; c. 1185 – 4 October 1265) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) as well as a poet and the author of three hagiographies about Saint Francis of Assisi.
Life.
Life Birth.
Thomas was from Celano in Abruzzo and was born in 1185.
Life Works and Franciscan life.
The first of his works on Francis was "Vita Beati Francisci" ("The Life of Blessed Francis"; often called the "First Life"
' walk from the Portiuncula, as the birthplace of the Third Order. Mariano, Thomas of Celano, and the Bull for Faenza (16 December 1221) suggest that 1221 was the earliest date for founding of the Third Order.
Another story tells of Luchesius Modestini, a greedy merchant from Poggibonzi, who had his life changed by meeting Francis about 1213. He and his wife Buonadonna were moved to dedicate their lives to prayer and serving the poor. While many couples of that era who experienced a religious conversion chose to