by 1240, he became interested in the religious life and decided to become a friar with the new dominican order. his family captured him and brought him back because to become a dominican one must eliminate material wealth. his parents expected him to follow in his uncle’s footsteps and become a benedictine abbot. they kept him in a castle in an effort to change his mind. however, when they released him two years later, he immediately joined the dominicans.