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13th-century Christian saints

  • Thomas AquinasIn the year 1244, a young man named Thomas Aquinas sat bound in the stone tower of Monte San Giovanni Campano. He was nineteen years old and dressed in the…
  • Francis of AssisiGiovanni di Pietro di Bernardone was born in Assisi, a small town in Italy, around 1181. His father, Pietro di Bernardone, was a prosperous silk merchant who…
  • Louis IX of FranceLouis IX was born on the 25th of April 1214 at Poissy, near Paris. He became king of France when his father Louis VIII died on the 8th of November 1226.
  • Alexander NevskyOn the 13th of May 1221, a boy named Alexander was born in the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky. He entered the world as the second son of Grand Prince Yaroslav II…