# St. Francis of Assisi — The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism character guide

> St. Francis of Assisi in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Francis, the young St. Francis

**First appearance:** 0009-iv-the-religious-foundations-of-worldly-asceticism

## Who they are

Founder of the Franciscan order, whose embrace of poverty is contrasted with Protestant asceticism.

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