Sora nostra morte corporale

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Sora nostra morte corporale is the Italian phrase used by Saint Francis of Assisi in the "Canticle of the Creatures" to personify and reverently address bodily death as "our sister."

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Sora nostra morte corporale canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf personification
phrase
religious concept
theological concept
appearsInSection final stanzas of the Canticle of the Creatures
belongsToGenre religious poetry
belongsToTradition Franciscan spirituality
expressesConcept acceptance of death
hope in eternal life
kinship with creation
mortality of the human body
hasApproximateDate early 13th century
hasFunction to encourage peaceful acceptance of dying
to sanctify the idea of death
hasLanguage Italian
hasLiteralMeaning our sister bodily death
hasOriginalAuthor Francis of Assisi NERFINISHED
hasRole liturgical-poetic address to death
personification of death
hasTheme death
human finitude
praise of God
hasTheologicalContext Catholicism NERFINISHED
Christianity NERFINISHED
isAddressedAs sister
isAlsoKnownAs our sister bodily death
isPartOf Canticle of the Creatures NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Canticle of Brother Sun NERFINISHED
Laudes Creaturarum NERFINISHED
isUsedBy Francis of Assisi NERFINISHED
refersTo bodily death

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Sister Bodily Death hasTitleInWork Sora nostra morte corporale