Francis Takes Poverty For His Bride

Fresco by Giotto: Allegory, Francis takes Poverty for his Bride

Francis began to go about in the streets and crossings of the city, relentlessly, like a persistent hunter, diligently seeking whom his heart loved. He inquired of those standing about, he questioned those who came near him, saying: "Have you seen her whom my heart loves?" But this saying was hidden from them, as though it were in a foreign language.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Sacrum Commercium
Chapter I

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