The blessed Angelo Tancredi (died 1258) was a

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monastic leader, one of the 12 early companions of Saint

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

. He was born in

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, where as a young armored knight he putatively met Francis, who putatively told him:

''Lord Angelo, long time is it now since first you girt on your sword, and donned all your warlike armour. Now would it become you to gird you with a rough rope like me; in place of the sword to take the Cross of Christ, and for boots and spurs to shoe you with the dust and mire of the streets. Follow me, then, and I will make you a knight of Christ.''

Loyally following Francis in his wanderings through Italy, Spain, and France, he putatively was present for saint's sermon to the birds.Sons of Francis
by Anne Macdonell, JM Dent & Co., GP Putnam's Sons, printed by Ballantyne, Hanson, and Co. (1902); page 80. He also putatively aided St Clare of Assisi in establishing her order.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tancredi Angelo 1258 deaths Italian Franciscans Year of birth unknown