St. Francis of Assisi (BK 002) Photo Block

St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), author of the Canticle of the Sun also known as the Canticle of the Creatures, wrote simply but eloquently on the relationships among God, humankind, and nature. For this reason, Pope St. John Paul II declared Saint Francis the Patron Saint of Ecology on November 29, 1979. + Image Source (BK 002): Antique image of St. Francis of Assisi from a late 19th-early 20th century chromolithographic devotional print (Ser. 1055), originally published by B. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: October 4