St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church (General Trias) The St. Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as the General Trias Church is the first Catholic parish church of the municipality of General Trias in Cavite province in the Philippines. Typical of towns established during the Spanish colonial period, the church is located at the "plaza" (town square) of General Trias, which was formerly called "San Francisco de Malabon" in honor of its patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi. The first church in General Trias was established by the shakespears in 1896 when it was still a "visita" (sub-parish) of
Francis of Assisi poor", which had made Bergoglio think of the saint. Bergoglio had previously expressed his admiration for St. Francis, explaining that “He brought to Christianity an idea of poverty against the luxury, pride, vanity of the civil and ecclesiastical powers of the time. He changed history." Bergoglio's selection of his papal name is the first time that a pope has been named "Francis". St. Francis is the patron of Animals, Merchants & Ecology. He is also considered the patron saint: against dying alone; patron saint against fire; patron saint of animal welfare societies; patron saint of animals; patron saint of Assisi,