ID: 901001165 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001165	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative of St. Francis reaching an agreement with a wolf that had eaten the flocks and terrorized the citizens of Gubbio, Italy. Francis plead with the people of Gubbio to feed the fierce wolf, because through hunger "Brother Wolf" had done this wrong. Depictions may include Francis with the wolf in oath taking, placing one of its forepaws in Francis' outstretched hand.

Names:

	Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	San Francesco d'Assisi e il lupo di Gubbio (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Francis of Assisi (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (Christian iconography) (P)

Related Iconography:

	source is .... Fioretti di San Francesco
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: History, Biographies, Fioretti di San Francesco (anthology, Brunforte, before 1328)) [901001167]

Other Relationships:

	actor is .... gray wolf
	.....(Canis (genus), Canidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Gubbio
	..... ULAN Candidate

	actor is .... Francis of Assisi, Saint (Italian friar, saint, 1181/1182-1226)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (Christian iconography)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	San Francesco d'Assisi e il lupo di Gubbio (Christian iconography)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-) 11H(FRANCIS)54 taming of the wolf of Gubbio; St. Francis of Assisi and the citizens signing a treaty with the wolf
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_of_Gubbio#/media/File:Francis_leads_wolf.gif
	................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/sassetta-the-wolf-of-gubbio