Sister Bodily Death

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Sister Bodily Death is the personified figure of death in Francis of Assisi’s "Canticle of the Sun," depicted as a humble, inevitable, and even welcome companion in the Christian journey to God.

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Sister Bodily Death canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical figure ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
personification ⓘ
symbolic representation of death ⓘ
appearsInGenre Christian hymnody ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
associatedConcept brotherhood and sisterhood of creation ⓘ
praise of God through all creatures ⓘ
associatedWith Franciscan spirituality ⓘ
contrastsWith fearful view of death ⓘ
createdBy Francis of Assisi ⓘ
culturalContext medieval Christian mysticism ⓘ
depictedIn Canticle of the Sun ⓘ
describedAs humble ⓘ
inevitable ⓘ
welcome companion ⓘ
ethicalImplication invites readiness for death in a state of grace ⓘ
hasThematicRelationTo Christian journey to God ⓘ
acceptance of death ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
hasTitleInWork Sora nostra morte corporale ⓘ
influenced later Christian reflections on death as a passage ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Umbrian ⓘ
literaryFunction to encourage peaceful acceptance of death ⓘ
to express praise of God even in death ⓘ
portrayedAs companion ⓘ
servant of God ⓘ
sister ⓘ
relatedWork Franciscan writings on death and dying ⓘ
religiousContext Catholicism ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
roleInWork personified figure of death ⓘ
symbolizes completion of earthly pilgrimage ⓘ
physical death ⓘ
transition to eternal life ⓘ
timeOfCreation early 13th century ⓘ
viewedAs inevitable part of God’s plan ⓘ
occasion for blessing rather than curse ⓘ

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Canticle of the Sun → addresses → Sister Bodily Death ⓘ