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The Sultan and The Saint

Explore how St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt risked it all to end the Crusades.

sultan_satin_francis_hero Alexander McPherson portrays St. Francis of Assisi.
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Explore how St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt risked it all to end the Crusades. A simple Christian friar and a mighty Muslim leader met on a bloody battlefield 800 years ago. What happened next changed world history.

The Sultan and the Saint, Tuesday at 8 p.m. on PBS 6.

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