| FRANCISCAN | Member of a religious order founded under the rule of Francis of Assisi |
| JESUIT | Member of a religious order founded by St Ignatius of Loyola (6) |
| ORIEL | Constituent college of the University of Oxford originally founded under the patronage of Edward II in 1326 (5) |
| SOLIDARITY | Polish trade union founded under the leadership of Lech Walesa in 1980 (10) |
| SUBJECT | Any field of study or branch of learning; a person under the rule of a monarch; or, a musical theme (7) |
| GREYFRIAR | What title is given to a monk who is a member of an order founded by St Francis of Assisi? (4,5) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Complex of European countries under the rule of a Frankish or German king (4,5,6) |
| FLORENCE | Capital of Tuscany, once under the rule of the Medici family (8) |
| THEGARDENOFEDEN | The garden of Sweden loses direction under the rule of Adam and Eve (3,6,2,4) |
| BENEDICTINES | Monks or nuns of a Christian religious order founded in the sixth century (12) |
| SAUDI | State effectively under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman (5,6) |
| MESSIAEN | Olivier, composer of the 1983 opera St Francis of Assisi (8) |
| CATHERINEOFSIENA | One of two patron saints of Italy, along with Francis of Assisi |
| ASS | "I have sinned against my brother the ___" (dying words of St. Francis of Assisi) |
| STIGMATA | The first religious figure recorded as having these wounds was Saint Francis of Assisi |
| FRIAR | A member of a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church (5) |
| ABBEY | Christian monastery under the rule of an abbot |
| HUN | One under the rule of Attila |
| PATRONSAINT | Francis of Assisi or Catherine of Siena, to Italy (5-2-3) (8) |
| CARMELITE | Member of a religious order believed to have been founded during the Crusades |
