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Francis of Paola, O.M. (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Calabria who founded the Order of Minims. Like his patron saint ( Francis of Assisi ), but unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders , Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest .
The founder of the order, Francis of Paola, was born in 1416 and named in honor of Francis of Assisi.The boy became ill when he was only one month old, and his mother prayed to Saint Francis and promised that her son would spend a year in a Franciscan friary if he were healed.
The interior has a richly decorated baroque decor. The main altar has an altarpiece depicting the Madonna and child with St Michael Archangel, and St Francis of Paola by Giacomo Guerrini. The oval bas-reliefs depicting the Miracles of St Francis of Paola were completed by 1753 by Gaetano Perego.
San Francesco da Paola ai Monti is an 18th-century titular church in Rome. It is dedicated to St Francis of Paola, the founder of the Order of Minims, whose friars serve this church and whose Generalate is attached to it, and is located in the Monti rione.
St. Francis, a 2002 film starring Raoul Bove; HMCS St. Francis, a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer during World War II; St. Francis (fireboat), operated by the San Francisco Fire Department; St. Francis Yacht Club, a sailing club in San Francisco since 2016; St Francis F.C., a football club in Ireland
Seen when viewed from the left of the painting, St Francis is dressed in the habit of the order he founded and with the marks of stigmata mirroring the crucifix he holds in the same hand. Seen when viewed from the right is another St Francis – St Francis of Paola (St Francis de Paul) – wearing a cowl , and holding a paper marked CHARITAS.
At a later date, the church introduced blessings of cinctures in honour of the Most Precious Blood, of the Virgin Mary, of Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Philomena. [1] Confraternities had their beginnings in the early Middle Ages, and developed rapidly from the end of the twelfth century from the rise of the religious orders. The main ...
San Francesco di Paola may refer to: Francis of Paola (1416–1507), Italian mendicant friar, founder of the Roman Catholic Order of Minims San Francesco di Paola Bridge , Cosenza, Italy