Was St. Francis always a saint? Not even close. Before the 2026 Jubilee honors his holiness, we look at the shocking biography by Thomas of Celano. From being an "excessive instigator of evil" to "strutting through the streets of Babylon," Francis was a man of vanity and extravagance before his radical conversion. Discover how he transformed bitterness into sweetness and what his journey—alongside the martyrdom of St. Agatha—teaches us about the power of "grace after grace."