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Show . -t-j , Saint Francis Eorgia. St. Francis. Born-ia was a . Spanish nobleman, Puke of Gandia.. From his '.childhood he showed a great love for the services of the church and holy objects. Often he .would.-' make the little ; boys whom he knew pray with him; : What do you think of a boy who at seven yjrrj of age could say, in Latin, the. office of the Blessed Virgin? When he became a man fie had many crosses to bear; but from a worldly point of view he was a rreat man. He had wealth, influential friends, and he was so trulv gocd ami noMo that, he had the love and resnect of all. Tie left all to become a member of the Society of Jesus. His life was, indeed, holy, , and full of good works. Tie' died at midnight, be-, tween the Inst of September and the first of October, Oc-tober, in 1572. When he 'was canonized, in 1071, his feast was rlWJ on tlm tenth of October. . 4 |
