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Definition of Saint Francis

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226).

2. Noun. A tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Francis

Saint Christopher-Nevis Saint Cloud Saint Crispin Saint David Saint David's Day Saint Denis Saint Dominic Saint Edward the Confessor Saint Edward the Martyr Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fires Saint Elmo's light Saint Emilion Saint Eustatius Saint Francis (current term) Saint Francis River Saint Francis Xavier Saint Gallen Saint George

Saint Gregory I Saint Helena Saint Helenian Saint Helenians Saint Helier Saint Ignatius Saint Ignatius' itch Saint Ignatius of Loyola Saint James

Literary usage of Saint Francis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Stephen, J. Saint Francis of Assisi. (In "Es$1."25. '07. Longmans. Thomas of Celano. ... Saint Francis and his friends. *60c; *45c; limp lambskin, *75c. 08. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Like the famous 'Fioretti' of Saint Francis, a work of later date, the 'Canticle of the ... It became in his last days the favorite song of Saint Francis, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Saint Francis died 3 Oct. 1226. The significance of the title is disclosed in these words of the author: "Here endeth the Mirror of Perfection of a brother ..."

4. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"The pleasantest way to treat it was that of Saint Francis; half-serious, ... The soul of Saint Francis was a rustic melody and the simplest that ever ..."

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