Question

Jacques Dalarun analyzed a man from this city’s “motherly” mode of “legislation through renunciation” in a book that opens with a story of a woman from this city being kicked in the mouth while washing the feet of her subjects. A parable in which a man from this city birthed a king’s son is found in Legends of the Three Companions. Thomas of Celano (“chay-LAH-no”) wrote a hagiography of the founder of an order of nuns at (*) San Damiano in this city. Each brother must act as each other’s mother, per the Rule for Hermitages written by a man from this city who founded the Little Brothers and addressed “Sister Water” in the Canticle of the Sun. The Poor Clares (10[1])were founded in this city, where “Il Poverello” gained fame for preaching to animals. For 10 points, name this home city of Saint Francis. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Assisi
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