Christian Renoux's La Priere pour la Paix Attribuee a Saint Francois, Une Enigme a Resoudre, published by Les Editions Franciscaines in 2001, is the scholarly study that traced the so-called Prayer of Saint Francis, the widely known Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, to its actual first known publication in December 1912 in La Clochette, a French Catholic bulletin, where it appeared anonymously and without any attribution to Francis of Assisi at all, an attribution that only attached itself to the prayer later. Its strength is that it is a rigorous archival resolution of a long-standing misattribution, tracing the prayer through its documented print history. Its limit is that Renoux settles the prayer's first known appearance rather than its ultimate original author, who remains genuinely unidentified, so a claim should say the prayer is misattributed to Francis rather than name a confirmed true author.
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Christian Renoux's study, published by Les Editions Franciscaines in 2001, is a rigorous archival resolution of the Prayer of Saint Francis misattribution, tracing the text through its documented print history, treated at the top tier. NotesChristian Renoux's scholarly study resolving the authorship puzzle of the Prayer for Peace attributed to Saint Francis.
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AuthorChristian Renoux
PublisherEditions Franciscaines
Publication Year2001
Source TypeScholarly work
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Assisi, Cities This source names Assisi directly: "without any attribution to Francis of Assisi at all, an attribution that only attached itself to the prayer later."
This source names Francis directly: "a Resoudre, published by Les Editions Franciscaines in 2001, is the scholarly study that traced the so-called Prayer of Saint Francis, the widely known Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, to..."
This source names Francis of Assisi directly: "a Resoudre, published by Les Editions Franciscaines in 2001, is the scholarly study that traced the so-called Prayer of Saint Francis, the widely known Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, to..."
Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)
This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Prayers, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
Popular myth - corrected
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