| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - All around the world today, Catholic churches celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi by blessing animals and their owners.St. Francis, born Giovanni Francesco Bernardone in Assisi, Italy, is the patron saint of animals and the environment.After spending his early years as a wayward youth, St. Francis became a soldier and was a prisoner of war.
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