Editing Francis of Assisi (section)

==Media==
[[File:Assisi San Francesco BW 2.JPG|thumb|Basilica of St. Francis, Assisi]]
[[File:Chania - Katholische Kirche - Innenhof.jpg|thumb|Statue of St. Francis in front of the Catholic church of [[Chania]]]]

===Films===
* ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]'', a 1950 film directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]] and co-written by [[Federico Fellini]]. Francis was played by Nazario Gerardi, a [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] friar from the monastery [[Nocera Inferiore]].
* ''[[Francis of Assisi (film)|Francis of Assisi]]'', a 1961 film directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], based on the novel ''The Joyful Beggar'' by [[Louis de Wohl]], starring [[Bradford Dillman]] as Francis. [[Dolores Hart]], who plays [[Clare of Assisi|Clare]], later became a [[Benedictine]] nun. 
* ''[[Francesco di Assisi]]'', a 1966 made-for-television film directed by [[Liliana Cavani]], starring [[Lou Castel]] as Francis.
* ''[[The Hawks and the Sparrows]]'', a 1966 film directed by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]
* ''[[Brother Sun, Sister Moon]]'', a 1972 film by [[Franco Zeffirelli]], starring [[Graham Faulkner]] as Francis.
* ''[[Francesco (1989 film)|Francesco]]'', a 1989 film by [[Liliana Cavani]], contemplatively paced, follows Francis of Assisi's evolution from a rich man's son to a religious humanitarian, and eventually to a full-fledged self-tortured saint. Francis is played by [[Mickey Rourke]].
* ''St. Francis'', a 2002 film directed by [[Michele Soavi]], starring [[Raoul Bova]] as Francis.
* ''Clare and Francis'', a 2007 film directed by [[Fabrizio Costa]], starring [[Maria Palma Petruolo]] and [[Ettore Bassi]]
* ''[[Pranchiyettan and the Saint]]'', a 2010 satirical Indian [[Malayalam film]]
* ''Finding St. Francis'', a 2014 film directed by Paul Alexander
* ''L'ami – François d'Assise et ses frères'' (The friend – Francis of Assisi and his brothers),<ref name="movie-lami">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=L'ami (2016) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5096600/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=imdb.com |quote=The movie follows from 1209 to 1226 Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of S. Francis.}}</ref> a 2016 film directed by Renaud Fely and Arnaud Louvet starring [[Elio Germano]]
* ''The Sultan and the Saint'',<ref name="wildgoose.tv">{{Citation |title=St. Francis of Assisi: Sign of Contradiction |url=https://wildgoose.tv/programs/st-francis-of-assisi-sign-of-contradiction-46401f |access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref> a 2016 film directed by [[Alexander Kronemer]], starring Alexander McPherson
* ''Sign of Contradiction'',<ref name="wildgoose.tv" /> a 2018 documentary film featuring commentary by Fr. Dave Pivonka, Cardinal [[Raniero Cantalamessa]] and others, focusing on a revealing of the true St. Francis to modern audiences.
*''In Search of St. Francis of Assisi'',<ref>[https://www.greenappleent.com/project/in-search-of-francis-of-assisi/ ''In Search of Saint Francis of Assisi''], Green Apple Entertainment. Retrieved 20 December 2019.</ref> documentary featuring Franciscan friars and others
* ''[[The Letter: A Message for our Earth]]'', a 2022 film on YouTube Originals by Nicolas Brown, telling the story of Saint Francis and the encyclical 'Laudato Si'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Pope Francis YouTube Doc 'The Letter: A Message For Our Earth' Launches From Vatican City – Trailer |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/global/youtube-doc-the-letter-a-message-for-our-earth-featuring-pope-francis-1235392482/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Variety}}</ref>

===Music===
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* [[Franz Liszt]]:
** ''Cantico del sol di Francesco d'Assisi'', S.4 (sacred choral work, 1862, 1880–81; versions of the Prelude for piano, S. 498c, 499, 499a; version of the Prelude for organ, S. 665, 760; version of the Hosannah for organ and bass trombone, S.677)
** ''St. François d'Assise: La Prédication aux oiseaux'', No. 1 of ''Deux Légendes'', S.175 (piano, 1862–63)
* [[Gabriel Pierné]]: ''Saint François d'Assise'' (oratorio, 1912)
* [[William Henry Draper (hymnwriter)|William Henry Draper]]: ''[[All Creatures of Our God and King]]'' (hymn paraphrase of ''[[Canticle of the Sun]]'', published 1919)
* [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]]: ''Fioretti'' (voice and orchestra, 1920)
* [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]]: ''San Francesco d'Assisi'' (soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1920–21)
* [[Hermann Suter]]: ''Le Laudi'' (The Praises) or ''Le Laudi di San Francesco d'Assisi'', based on the ''Canticle of the Sun'', ([[oratorio]], 1923)
* [[Amy Beach]]: ''[[Canticle of the Sun (Beach)|Canticle of the Sun]]'' (soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1928)
* [[Paul Hindemith]]: ''[[Nobilissima Visione]]'' (ballet 1938)
* [[Leo Sowerby]]: ''[[The Canticle of the Sun (Sowerby)|Canticle of the Sun]]'' (cantata for mixed voices with accompaniment for piano or orchestra, 1944)
* [[Francis Poulenc]]: ''[[Quatre petites prières de saint François d'Assise]]'' (men's chorus, 1948)
* [[Seth Bingham]]: ''The Canticle of the Sun'' (cantata for chorus of mixed voices with soli ad lib. and accompaniment for organ or orchestra, 1949)
* [[William Walton]]: ''Cantico del sol'' (chorus, 1973–74)
* [[Olivier Messiaen]]: ''[[Saint François d'Assise|St. François d'Assise]]'' (opera, 1975–83)
* {{interlanguage link|Juliusz Łuciuk|pl}}: ''Święty Franciszek z Asyżu'' (oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra, 1976)
* [[Peter Janssens]]: ''Franz von Assisi'', ''Musikspiel'' (Musical play, text: Wilhelm Wilms, 1978)
* Michele Paulicelli: ''{{interlanguage link|Forza venite gente|it}}'' (musical theater, 1981)
* [[John Michael Talbot]]: ''Troubador of the Great King'' (1981), double-LP composed in honor of the 800th birthday of St. Francis of Assisi.
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]]: ''[[Samstag aus Licht#Scene 4: Luzifers Abschied|Luzifers Abschied]]'' (1982), scene 4 of the opera ''[[Samstag aus Licht]]''
* [[Libby Larsen]]: ''I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm'' (SATB chorus and organ, 1995)
* [[Sofia Gubaidulina]]: ''Sonnengesang'' (solo cello, chamber choir and percussion, 1997)
* {{interlanguage link|Juventude Franciscana|pt|Juventude Franciscana}}: ''Balada de Francisco'' (voices accompanied by guitar, 1999)
* [[Angelo Branduardi]]: ''L'infinitamente piccolo'' (album, 2000)
* [[Lewis Nielson]]: ''St. Francis Preaches to the Birds'' (chamber concerto for violin, 2005)
* [[Peter Reulein]] (composer) / [[Helmut Schlegel]] (libretto): ''[[Laudato si' (oratorio)|Laudato si']]'' ([[oratorio]], 2016)
* [[Daniel Dorff]]: ''Flowers of St. Francis'' (solo for Bass Clarinet, 2013)
* [[Mel Hornyak & Elliot Valentine Lee]]: ''Litany of the Martyrs'', appears in ''Adamandi'' (musical number, 2022)

===Selected biographical books===
Hundreds of books have been written about him. The following suggestions are from Franciscan friar Conrad Harkins (1935–2020), director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harkins |first=Conrad |date=1994 |title=Francis of Assisi: Recommended Resources |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-42/francis-of-assisi-recommended-resources.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020141857/https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-42/francis-of-assisi-recommended-resources.html |archive-date=20 October 2020 |access-date=11 April 2021 |website=Christianity Today}}</ref>

* [[Paul Sabatier (theologian)|Paul Sabatier]], ''Life of St. Francis of Assisi'' (Scribner's, 1905).
* [[Johannes Jørgensen|Johannes Jørgensen]], ''St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography'' (translated by T. O’Conor Sloane; Longmans, 1912).
* Arnaldo Fortini, ''Francis of Assisi'' (translated by Helen Moak, Crossroad, 1981).
* [[Nikos Kazantzakis]], ''[[The Poor Man of Assisi|Saint Francis]]'' (Ο Φτωχούλης του Θεού, in Greek; 1954)
* [[John Moorman]], ''St. Francis of Assisi'' (SPCK, 1963)
* John Moorman, "The Spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi" (''Our Sunday Visitor'', 1977).
* Erik Doyle, ''St. Francis and the Song of Brotherhood'' (Seabury, 1981).
* [[Raoul Manselli]], ''St. Francis of Assisi'' (translated by Paul Duggan; Franciscan, 1988).

===Other===
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* In [[Rubén Darío]]'s poem "''Los Motivos del Lobo''{{-"}} ("The Reasons of the Wolf") St. Francis tames a terrible wolf only to discover that the human heart harbours darker desires than those of the beast.
* In [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'', Ivan Karamazov invokes the name of "Pater Seraphicus", an epithet applied to St. Francis, to describe Alyosha's spiritual guide Zosima. The reference is found in Goethe's ''Faust'', Part 2, Act 5, lines 11,918–25.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Медведев |first=Александр |date=2015 |title="Сердце милующее": образы праведников в творчестве Ф. М. Достоевского и св. Франциск Ассизский |url=https://www.academia.edu/25350873 |journal=Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки. |volume=2 |issue=139 |pages=222–233 |access-date=11 July 2019 |via=www.academia.edu}}</ref>
* In ''[[Mont Saint Michel and Chartres]]'', [[Henry Adams]]' chapter on the "Mystics" discusses Francis extensively.
* ''Francesco's Friendly World'' was a 1996–97 [[direct-to-video]] Christian animated series produced by [[Lyrick Studios]] that was about Francesco and his talking animal friends as they rebuild the Church of San Damiano.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Bernthal |url=http://www.markbernthal.com/markbernthal-com/Mark_Bernthal_-_TV-VIDEOS.html |website=www.markbernthal.com |format=Video}}</ref>
* Rich Mullins co-wrote ''Canticle of the Plains'', a musical, with Mitch McVicker. Released in 1997, it was based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi, but told as a Western story.
* [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s book ''St. Francis of Assisi'', a biographical and philosophical explanation of St. Francis<ref>{{Cite web |date=1923 |title=St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton |url=https://archive.org/details/saint-francis-by-g-k-chesterton}}</ref>