This man rushed into the quarters of the Syrian sultan al-Malik, who rejected his offers to spare both their heads.
This man rushed into the quarters of the Syrian sultan al-Malik, who rejected his offers to spare both their heads. He claimed "Bodily Death" as a sister in a writing that mentions "Sister Water" and "Brother Fire." According to Thomas of Celano, this man helped save the town of Gubbio from a wolf. At San Damiano, this man was told to repair a ruined house by a vision of Christ on the cross. In the early 1200s, this author of the Canticle of the Sun was followed by the female Poor Clares and a namesake order of impoverished friars after receiving the stigmata. For 10 points, name this patron saint of animals, an Italian from Assisi whose name was adopted by the new pope in 2013.
This man rushed into the quarters of the Syrian sultan al-Malik, who rejected his offers to spare both their heads.
Saint Francis of Assisi 