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A Clue in the Prayer of Saint Francis

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Jun 18, 2023
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Shockingly, the Prayer of Saint Francis wasn’t written by Saint Francis of Assisi. Until writing this article I assumed it was scribed by the saint himself. Not so. According to Wikipedia, the prayer’s first known occurrence was in Paris in a little magazine called La Clochette in 1912. Saint Francis of Assisi lived from 1182-1226 and this prayer was n…

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