Blessed Agnellus of Pisa was a Friar Minor and founder of the English Franciscan Province. He was born in 1195 at Pisa, and died on May 7, 1236 at Oxford. In his early youth, Agnellus was received into the Seraphic Order by St. Francis of Assisi, during the latter's sojourn in Pisa. After being sent to Paris, Agnellus build a convent in the city. He then returned to Italy, was present at the Chapter of Mats, and thence went to establish the Franciscans in England. He and his party landed at Dover on September 12, 1224. The English Franciscan Order was established at Oxford soon after.
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