St. Francis of Assisi, Patron of Nature, with Lamb and Pheasant. 10 (H) X 4.5 (W) X 1.5 (D) Inches Item Type: Handmade. Each Piece Comes Boxed and with a Card Stating the Following: In 1967, Lynn White Wrote an Article About the Causes of the Ecological Crisis. Although White Argued the Root of the Crisis Was the Christian Dogma of Human Beings' Dominion Over Nature, He Also Looked to One Christian, St. Francis, for Hope. White Wrote: "The Greatest Spiritual Revolutionary in Western History, Saint Francis, Proposed an Alternative Christian View of Nature and Man's Relation to It: He Tried to Substitute the Idea of the Equality of All Creatures, Including Man, for the Idea of Man's Limitless Rule of Creation." There Are Abundant Stories of Francis Being a Close Friend with Animals and Living with Them As Equals: Stories of a Pheasant Who for Years Strolled in and Out of Francis's Cell, of His Bond with the Wolf of Gubbio, of His Ordering Franciscan Brothers to "See to It That the Bees Would Be Provided with Honey in Winter, Lest They Should Die During the Cold Weather," of His Persuading Hunters to Release Turtledoves They Had Caught.... This Statue of Francis Can Go Outside, with the Animals.