Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Passionist e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Francis was the eleventh of thirteen chil dren. He was born at Assisi on the first day of March, 1838. His father had not yet been made Grand Assessor of Spoleto. The child was baptized on the day of his birth, at the same font where, over six hundred years be fore, another Francis, the great patriarch of the city and glorious saint, was baptized.