Saint Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi, born “Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone” (Assisi September 26, 1181 or 1182 – Assisi October 3, 1226), was a religious and italian poet.
Dante recalls the figure of Francis, guide of the bride of Christ, in the eleventh “canto” of Paradise as he describes his “mystical marriage” with Lady Poverty.