... came to the door asking for alms in God1s name. Francis rudely kicked the man out, but then he regretted his actions and followed the man. When he found him, he stopped the man and, apologizing, he gave him some money. When Francis was just barely twenty years old, he fought in the war between Assisi and Perugia and was taken prisoner. That period shaped the young man1s soul and the weaker his body became, the more deeply his sense of charity and love towards others took root in him. By the time he returned to Assisi, he was seriously ill. His mother's loving care and time itself brought him back to health, but the carefree life he had led before and which had started again by now, seemed empty to him. Driven by his dreams of being a soldier, he decided to follow a condottiere to the southern region ...

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