Saint Francis of Assisi Sterling Medal Necklace for Men
Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, and mystic. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of St. Clare, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity.
Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Catherine of Siena, he was designated patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of 4 October. In 1219, he went to Egypt in an attempt to convert the sultan al-Kamil and put an end to the conflict of the Fifth Crusade. According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of a Seraphic angel in a religious ecstasy.
Patronage: Franciscan Order, animals, merchants, ecology, stowaways, Naga, Cebu, General Trias, Cavite and Italy
Medal: 20mm diameter
Medal: Oxidized Sterling Silver
Chain: 2mm curb chain with lobster clasp 22 inches.
Chain: Oxidized Sterling Silver
