St. Francis of Assisi Holding Earth 6 Cm Round Badge

The pastiche artwork on this button was created for Earth Day but is equally apropos for World Environment Day or any other occasion for environmental action. St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) wrote simply but eloquently about the relationships among God, nature, and humankind. For this reason, in 1979 Pope St. John Paul II named him “Patron Saint of Ecology”. In Europe, the term 'Ecology' not only embraces the academic discipline as taught in universities but also the social movement Americans would term 'Environmentalism'. + Image Credit: Pastiche by Saints_Aplenty. After (BK 002): Antique image of St. Francis of Assisi from a late 19th-early 20th century chromolithographic devotional print (Ser. 1055), originally published by B. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach, Germany, from the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. And, after (World): 3D Earth Globe by GDJ, Openclipart, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License.