St. Anthony Messenger published a beautiful article on how "God marked Francis in soul and body with the total gift of Christ in his suffering and death on the cross."
The Poor Clare Sisters of Jerusalem have requested that Sister Mary of the Trinity be proclaimed blessed and then a saint.
Dominican friar Antoninus of Florence composed one of the most comprehensive manuals of moral theology, which has long been counted among the more influential medieval sources.
Another way of being marked for life comes from the mystical tradition: stigmata. As with any good Christian tradition, someone has to start it—in this case, Francis of Assisi.
The thirteenth century witnessed an explosion of interest in the powers of the soul, which became particularly evident in the Franciscan intellectual tradition.