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Quotation from Early Franciscan Sources by Francis of Assisi; Thomas of Celano; Bonaventure; Brother Ugolino; others
“Praised be my Lord for our sister, the death of the body, from which no man escapeth”
Early Franciscan Sources, Canticle of the Sun, trans. Louise Seymour Houghton (1919), after the Umbrian Italian tradition
Francis's late praise includes bodily death, making mortality part of worship rather than a mere defeat.
Citation: "Praised be my Lord for our sister, the death of the body, from which no man escapeth" — Francis of Assisi; Thomas of Celano; Bonaventure; Brother Ugolino; others, Early Franciscan Sources, Canticle of the Sun, trans. Louise Seymour Houghton (1919), after the Umbrian Italian tradition. (id early-franciscan-sources-q2)
Portrait: StFrancis part, Parzi, Public domain.
