Earth Day & St. Francis of Assisi Card

A Saints_Aplenty Exclusive! + St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) wrote simply but eloquently about the relationships among God, nature, and humankind. For this reason, in 1979 Pope St. John Paul II named him “Patron Saint of Ecology”, making St. Francis a fitting icon for Earth Day. Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22 each year. + Image Credit: Pastiche by Saints_Aplenty. After (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. And, after (World): 3D Earth Globe by GDJ, Openclipart, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License. + Quotation: Canticle of the Sun, by St. Francis of Assisi (late 1224; public domain).