Francis

Francis may refer to:

  • Francis (given name)
  • Francis (surname)
  • Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Francis (electoral district)
  • Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska
  • Francis, Utah
  • Francis the Talking Mule, a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s
  • Francis (1950 film), a 1950 comedy film that launched Francis the Talking Mule
  • Francis, a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell
  • FRANCIS, bibliographic database
  • Francis (1793), a colonial schooner in Australian waters 1793–1805

Famous quotes containing the word francis:

    Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
    —St. Francis Of Assisi (c. 1182–1226)

    Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
    And all the people began to laugh;
    And then the Queen began to speak,
    ‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)