St. Francis Tau CrossPatrons of Animals and Ecology Compassion Pictured in Sterling Silver Sterling Silver 2. 8mm Cable Chain St. Francis Of Assisi (1181 1226), more than a medieval saint, he is a living tradition, a universal inspiration and also the patron saint of animals and the environment. As a champion of spiritual intimacy, St. Francis believed that all people, creatures and things share an underlying unifying divine father. As a nature mystic he preached to