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Review of The Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano
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Abstract
This text focuses on the document Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano from Francis of Assisi: Early Documents: Volume I. In this work, researches of the author Thomas of Celano, the background information and the hagiographical nature of the text have been carried out. A brief summary has been done to conclude the main information. The argumentation parts considered some factual details of the process which Francis received the guidance of the God and also certain important virtues discussed in the document. It takes into account different narration in different text describing the life of Saint Francis and makes justification towards them.
Keywords
Saint Francis of Assisi, Thomas of Celano, Christianity, Church of Saint Damian
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Chen,H. (2023). Review of The Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano. Communications in Humanities Research,5,16-20.
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