Oil on canvas. Framed measurements: 95 x 132 cm. Canvas measures: 80 x 116 cm. Saint Francis of Assisi (in Italian San Francesco d'Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone; Assisi, 1181 and also known as "Father Francis" and founder of the Franciscan Order and the Poor Clare Sisters. He stands out as one of the great figures of spirituality in the history of Christianity. He was the son of a wealthy city merchant in his youth, went on to live under the strictest poverty and observance of the Gospels. In Egypt he unsuccessfully tried to convert Muslims to Christianity. religious life was austere and simple, so he encouraged his followers to do the same Francis is the first known case in history of visible and external stigmatization.