Francis of Assisi
1182–1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
writer · poet · pilgrim
Born in Assisi
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Francis of Assisi:
- Genghis Khan (1162–1227)
- Rumi (1207–1273)
- Averroes (1126–1198)
- Zhu Xi (1130–1200)
- Fibonacci (1170–1240)
- Saadi (1210–1292)
- Richard I of England (1157–1199)
- Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204)