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Answer: St. Francis of Assisi—a venerated religious figure who lived in Assisi, Italy in the 12th century.
.Trivia: The city of San Francisco was named after what person, who lived in what country, in what century?
“San Francisco” was originally known as “Yerba Buena” (Good Herbs). The “gentrification” of the Bay area also resulted in the re-naming of “Quenteen’s point, a promontory upon which a local rebellious “Indian” was tracked down by the “Rancher’s Assn. and hanged. We now know that promontory as “San Quentin”.