“Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens you have made them, precious and beautiful.”

—  Francis of Assisi , Canticle of the Sun

Canticle of the Sun

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Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order 1182–1226

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