St. Francis may refer to numerous Roman Catholic saints:
- Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), Italian founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
- Saint Francis of Paola (1416–1507), Italian (Calabrian) founder of the Order of the Minims
- Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Navarrese Catholic missionary to China; co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
- Saint Francis Borgia (1510–1572), Spanish Jesuit priest; third leader of the Jesuits
- Saint Francis Solanus (1549–1610), Spanish Franciscan missionary to South America
- Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563–1608), Italian priest who co-founded the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular
- Saint Francis de Sales (1567–1622), French born bishop of Geneva, Switzerland
- Saint Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (1607–1648), Castilian Dominican missionary; first Roman Catholic martyr killed in China
- Saint Francis de Geronimo (1642–1716), Italian Jesuit priest
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“The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.”
—St. Francis De Sales (1567–1622)