Events from 1225

Birth of Thomas Aquinas at Roccasecca - future Angelic Doctor born to nobility

St. Francis composes Canticle of the Creatures while nearly blind

St. Francis rolls in rose bush to combat temptation - roses bloom in winter, thorns disappear

St. Anthony of Padua: Miracle of the mule - Heretic's mule refuses food for three days, then kneels before Blessed Sacrament rather than eat, converting the heretic