Thomas of Celano OFM | |
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| Born | c. 1185 Celano, L'Aquila, Italy |
| Died | 4 October 1260 (aged 75)[citation needed] Val de'Varri, Rieti, Italy |
| Resting place | San Francesco di Tagliacozzo |
Thomas of Celano OFM (Italian: Tommaso da Celano; c. 1185 – c. 1265[1][2]) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor) as well as a poet and the author of three hagiographies about Francis of Assisi.
- ^ The Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano gives the date as 1260.
- ^ Wdzieczny, Gilbert "The Life and Works of Thomas of Celano" in Franciscan Studies New Series, Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 1945), pp. 55–68 says, He died between 1260 and 1270.