Dante the Author
Dante and the Franciscans, Part Four Universally known as the author of The Divine Comedy,
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"The Lord gave me some brothers."
–St. Francis of Assisi, Testament
Conventuals speak in the name of something greater than ourselves. We are not a collection of individual voices, but a chorus harmonizing for the advancement of the Kingdom. Francis understood the men who came to follow him as a gift from the Lord; he received and celebrated that gift! The friars’ life in fraternity is the heart of our charism and exists as our primary mission. Community life, in the Franciscan vision, is an end in and of itself.
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Dante and the Franciscans – Part Three
Who was Dante? Born around 1265 in Florence, Dante Alighieri was orphaned at an early
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