St. Francis was born in the early 1180s, one of many children born into a wealthy family. In his youth, Francis had an active social life, enjoying the benefits of his father’s wealth and status. After returning home in poverty, St. Francis received a vision from Christ, telling him to “repair my house.”Francis used his father’s money to rebuild churches, which enraged his cloth-merchant father. In response, Francis removed his clothes and publicly declared that he had no father but God. Francis received the stigmata, Christ’s wounds from the Crucifixion, in his hands and feet in September 1224.