Examples of use of Saint Francis of Assisi
1. It is also the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment.
2. In a single sentence, he links Native American sweat lodges, Saint Francis of Assisi and the Hindu leader Amma –– the common thread being his reverence for each.
3. Ahead of today’s World Animal Day, the Saint Francis of Assisi Association said it has offered 3,000 euros to whoever can identify the culprits. «Some people have already communicated with us,» association president Marina Petropoulaki–Kollia said.
4. Peace marches and conferences on economic development, bioethics and myriad other topics have unfolded, all under the auspices of the Franciscan monks who control the shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi, the much–beloved and storied founder of the Franciscan order.
5. Their 2006 finding that unselfishness can feel good lends scientific support to the admonitions of spiritual leaders such as Saint Francis of Assisi, who said, "For it is in giving that we receive." But it is also a dramatic example of the way neuroscience has begun to elbow its way into discussions about morality and has opened up a new window on what it means to be good.