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Saint Francis

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226). Synonyms: Francis of Assisi, Giovanni di Bernardone, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, St. Francis of Assisi.

A tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas. Synonyms: Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River.

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... Saint Francis, the founder of the Franciscan Order, was born at Assisi, a walled town of Umbria, in Italy. His father, Peter Bernardone, or Bernardo, was in France on business when his son was born and named. On his return, or, as some say, ...

— A Short History of Monks and Monasteries • Alfred Wesley Wishart

... and a sad clown. The Saint Vincent de Paul of the loosened string, the Saint Francis of Assisi of the London Streets. Everything is gesticulation, and the gesticulations are ambiguous. When we think he is going to weep, he laughs; when we think he is going to laugh, he cries. A remarkable genius who does everything he can to make himself appear puny, yet who is, ...

— Youth and Egolatry • Pio Baroja

... upon the cross, with its majestic patience, seemed to shed a blessing down on the company of saints of all ages who were grouped by their representative men at the foot. Saint Dominic, Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustin, Saint Jerome, Saint Francis, and Saint Benedict were depicted as standing before the Great Sacrifice in company with the Twelve Apostles, the two Maries, and the fainting mother of Jesus,—thus expressing the unity of the Church Universal ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 52, February, 1862 • Various

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