Born on Long Island, New York, Regis John Armstrong is a Capuchin Friar Minor and a world renowned expert on Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi and Saint Bonaventure. He has authored or edited a number of books and many journal and encyclopedia articles related to his research. Fr. Armstrong earned a PhD in Historical Theology and Spirituality from Fordham University, has taught at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome and, more recently, at The Catholic University of America where he is now emeritus professor of theology and religious studies.
