The moment
Francis of Assisi took a small band of companions to Rome in 1209 or 1210, and Pope Innocent III gave spoken approval to their way of life. The Friars Minor owned nothing and went out to preach penance; Clare of Assisi joined the movement in 1212 and led its sisters at San Damiano. The Rule that Pope Honorius III confirmed in 1223 became the order's definitive rule.
People: Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, Pope Innocent III