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  • 2019-10-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Did St. Francis Of Assisi Say, ‘He Who Works With His Hands And His Head And His Heart Is An Artist’? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook claims that St. Francis of Assisi once staid, He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. Verdict: False There is no evidence that this saying originated with Francis. Fact Check: Francis, who gave up his wealth to live in evangelical poverty during the late 12th and early 13th centuries, founded the Order of Friars Minor , commonly known as the Franciscans. He is also the patron saint of the environment and animals. While he wrote considerably on a variety of topics, the quote attributed to him in the Facebook post appears nowhere in his written works. A search of his complete writings turned up no matches. This quotation is not found in any contemporary sources nor in any of St. Francis’s own authentic writings, said Augustine Thompson , the theology department chair at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, in an email to the Daily Caller News Foundation. I have never heard of it before – and it does not even sound like something a thirteenth-century Italian would say. In fact, it sounds to me like something a nineteenth-century Romantic would say. Etymologist Barry Popik traced the earliest instance of the expression in print back to 1923, where it appeared unattributed in the Boys’ Workers Round Table magazine . (It uses the word artisan instead of craftsman and brain instead of head in this instance.) It has also been attributed to lawyer Louis Nizer , who employed the quote in his 1948 book Between You and Me , according to Popik . All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact [email protected] . (en)
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