Francis of Assisi
Italy's patron saint
Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar who founded the Franciscan order in the early thirteenth century.
Born wealthy, he renounced his inheritance to embrace poverty and preach.
He is the patron saint of animals and the environment, often depicted with birds or wolves.
Pope Francis took his name in 2013, signaling concern for the poor.
Holy figure guarding devotees
- animalsMulticellular mobile organisms
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
stowaways · intercessor · protector · guardian · advocate · feast day · environmentalists
Kinship among men
- friarMendicant order member
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- religious orderVowed spiritual community
- habitSettled regular tendency
Lack of complexity
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- mendicantOne who begs
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
humility · vow · asceticism · austerity · self-denial · almsgiving · charity · service
Multicellular mobile organisms
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- creationMaking something exist
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
harmony · conservation · flora · fauna · environment · simplicity · earth · balance
Official declaration of sainthood
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
sanctity · holiness · piety · devotion · pilgrimage · basilica · sacred · faithful
Restoration of friendly relations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
interfaith · peacemaker · harmony · goodwill · fellowship · tolerance · mediation · conciliation
Bodily tissue damage
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- ChristThe anointed savior
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
mysticism · ecstasy · vision · supernatural · transcendence · revelation · fasting · prayer
patron saint
Holy figure guarding devotees
- animalsMulticellular mobile organisms
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
merchants · stowaways · intercessor · protector · guardian · advocate · feast day · environmentalists
brotherhood
Kinship among men
- friarMendicant order member
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- religious orderVowed spiritual community
simplicity
Lack of complexity
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- mendicantOne who begs
- beggingEarnest desperate requesting
detachment · humility · vow · asceticism · austerity · self-denial · almsgiving · charity · service · obedience
animals
Multicellular mobile organisms
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- ecologyStudy of environmental relations
- creationMaking something exist
wildlife · harmony · conservation · flora · fauna · environment · simplicity · earth · balance · biodiversity
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
relics · sanctity · holiness · piety · devotion · pilgrimage · basilica · sacred · faithful · liturgy
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
dialogue · interfaith · peacemaker · harmony · goodwill · fellowship · tolerance · mediation · conciliation · unity
wounds
Bodily tissue damage
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- ChristThe anointed savior
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
miracle · mysticism · ecstasy · vision · supernatural · transcendence · revelation · fasting · prayer · contemplation
- Italian SaintsSaint Anthony, Saint Benedict, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Lucy
- Stigmatics
- Catholic SaintsSaint Anthony, Saint Augustine, Saint Benedict, Saint Ignatius, Pope John Paul II
- Italian CatholicismVatican, Vatican City, Holy See, papal, papal blessing
- Medieval FiguresGenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Marco Polo, William the Conqueror, Dante
- mysticsmystic, seer, clairvoyant, diviner, spiritualist
Francis of Assisisimony
Buying church positions
plutocrat · robber baron · Midas · Croesus
Francis of AssisiTorquemada
Notorious Spanish religious enforcer
crusader · Vlad the Impaler · conquistador · Bernard of Clairvaux · Charlemagne
Francis of Assisicruelty to animals
Inflicting harm on fauna
vivisectionist · despoiler · big game hunter · industrialist · hunter