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Wednesday, 4 October

Today in Church History

What happened in the life of the Church on this day across twenty centuries.

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Death of St. Francis of Assisi
The Poverello of Assisi died singing Psalm 141 near the Portiuncula. He had received the stigmata two years earlier on La Verna. His radical poverty and love of creation led to one of Christianity's most influential religious movements.
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