Testament

work by Francis of Assisi

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discussed in biography

  • Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life
    In St. Francis of Assisi: The Franciscan rule of St. Francis of Assisi

    …in his last writing, the Testament, composed shortly before his death in 1226, he declared unambiguously that absolute personal and corporate poverty was the essential lifestyle for the members of his order. It was not, however, mere external poverty he sought but the total denial of self (as in the…

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