St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day

The saint of birds, beggars, and the environment had a wilder youth than the iconography suggests.

The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4 celebrates the 13th-century Italian friar who founded the Franciscan Order, composed the Canticle of the Creatures (one of the earliest works of Italian literature), and became the patron saint of animals and the environment. St. Francis (born Giovanni