St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most venerated religious figures in Roman Catholic history. He founded the Franciscan religious orders, including the Poor Clares and the lay Third Order. He and St. Catherine of Siena are patron saints of Italy, and he is also a patron saint of ecology and of animals.
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