The actual patron saint of gardening is an Irish monk named St. Fiacre, whose feast is celebrated in Ireland and France on September 1. There is a website with an article about him and why he is the saint of gardening and plants. The article is found on the davesgarden dot com website with the title " St. Fiacre, Patron Saint of Gardeners." You can find this on a Google search.
They both eventually died but I can find no record of the dates nor causes of death.
Francis was a wandering preacher who traveled the countryside with his followers preaching and helping the needy. Francis and hosgroup lived off of any donations they were given or what they could find growing in the wilderness.
Giovanni Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone was a soldier, or mercenary, with the average morals of a young man in such a station in life before he converted and lived out his holy and remarkable life in Christ. It is technically possible he had progeny unknown to even himself, but it is not likely as none have ever been mentioned by his historians for the last eight-hundred years,
Many people find Francis of Assisi to be their favorite saint or, perhaps, their patron saint. They wear a medal of Francis to remember him and as a way of asking his protection a guidance throughout our day. Many also place a medal on their pets for the same reason - that Francis may protect their pet from harm. he is considered as the patron saint of animals.
One or more may be saints in Heaven but none have been recognized through the official canonization process. I cannot even find a list of the names of the siblings of Saint Francis.
If Sainnt Francis was married and had children it would have been striken from history... So, the correct answer is "We do not find any history that said he was married or had children." In my opinion he did have children.
The phrase "We are the Bible that the world reads" is not in the Bible, partly because the writers of the Bible used "the scriptures" or "the Word" to refer to what we call the Bible. This phrase possibly comes from this quote by St. Francis of Assisi: "Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."
I can find no specific patron saint of life.There is no patron saint of life. However, life and ecology and the environment are interrelated and there are patrons: St. Francis of Assisi and Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha.I believe there is more than one patron saint of life. The one I am sure is one of them is saint Zoe.
For basic information about St. Clare of Assisi click on the link below.
There is no saint named Garrett in the Bible. Also, I can find no canonized saint in the Catholic Church named Garrett.
Images of saints often represent them in such a way as to emphasize their humility. Images of St. Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, and Catherine of Siena draw attention to these saints' extraordinary humility.