# Francis of Assisi — What Is Art? character guide

> Francis of Assisi in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Saint cited as example of religious feeling in art.

## In the story

### [Chapter VI: The Religious Basis of Art and Its Decline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as a heretic who acknowledged the moral, social teaching of Christ, unlike the upper classes who rejected it.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/xii)

Cited as an example of a true artist who received no remuneration.

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