St. Francis

St. Francis may refer to numerous Roman Catholic saints:

• Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), Italian founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
• Francis of Paola (1416–1507), Italian (Calabrian) founder of the Order of the Minims
• Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Navarrese Catholic missionary to India; co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
• Francis Borgia (1510–1572), Spanish Jesuit priest; third leader of the Jesuits
• Francis Solanus (1549–1610), Spanish Franciscan missionary to South America
• Francis Caracciolo (1563–1608), Italian priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular
• Francis de Sales (1567–1622), French born bishop of Geneva, Switzerland
• Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (1607–1648), Castilian Dominican missionary; first Roman Catholic martyr killed in China
• Francis de Geronimo (1642–1716), Italian Jesuit priest

St. Francis or Saint Francis may also refer to:

Places

• St. Francis Harbour, Nova Scotia, a small community in Canada

United States

• St. Francis, Arkansas, a city
• St. Francis, Kansas, a city
• Saint Francis, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• St. Francis, Maine, a town
• St. Francis, Minnesota, Anoka County, a city
• St. Francis, Stearns County, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• St. Francis, Texas, an unincorporated community
• St. Francis, Wisconsin, a city
• St. Francis River, a river in Missouri and Arkansas

South Africa

• St Francis Bay, a village in Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape province
• Cape St. Francis, a town in Eastern Cape province

Schools

• St. Francis College, college in Brooklyn Heights, New York
  • St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers, this school's athletic program
• St. Francis' College, college in Lucknow, India
• Saint Francis University, university in Loretto, Pennsylvania
  • Saint Francis Red Flash, this school's athletic program
• University of St. Francis, university with locations throughout the United States
• University of Saint Francis (disambiguation), various universities
• Saint Francis High School (disambiguation), various high schools
• St. Francis' Canossian College, secondary school in Hong Kong
• St. Francis' Canossian School, primary school in Hong Kong

Other uses

• St. Francis (film), 2002 film starring Raoul Bove
• HMCS St. Francis, Royal Canadian Navy destroyer during World War II
• St. Francis Yacht Club, sailing club in San Francisco
• St Francis F.C., a football club in Ireland
• Nobilissima Visione, 1938 ballet by Paul Hindemith, known at its New York performance as Saint Francis
• Convent of Saint Francis, a former convent in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country (autonomous community), Spain

See also

• List of places named after Saint Francis
• Frances of Rome (1384–1440), Catholic saint
• Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917), Catholic saint known as Mother Cabrini
• San Francisco, a city and county in California
• St. Francis Hospital (disambiguation)
• Saint-François (disambiguation)
• Francis (disambiguation)
• San Francisco (disambiguation)
• São Francisco (disambiguation)