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{{shortShort description|Four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania, US.}}

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| name = Saint Francis University

| former_name = Saint Francis College (1847–2001)

| established = {{start date and age|1847}}

| image = Saint Francis University seal.png

| image_size = 175px

| type = [[Private university]]

| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic Church]]

| president = Rev. = Malachi Van Tassell

| endowment = $51.9 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>

| city = [[Loretto, Pennsylvania|Loretto]]

| state = [[Pennsylvania]]

| country = United States

| coor = {{coord|40|30|15|N|78|38|15|W|type:edu_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

| undergrad = 1,691<ref name="SFUInstResearch">As Fall 2019.{{cite web |title=Institutional Research & Effectiveness|url=https://www.francis.edu/Institutional-Research-and-Effectiveness/ |access-date=2020-12-01 |author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref>

| postgrad = 540<ref name="SFUInstResearch"/>

| faculty = 131<ref name="fastfacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.francis.edu/Facts-and-Stats/|title=Flash Facts, Rankings, and More - Saint Francis University|website=www.francis.edu|access-date=2020-12-01}}</ref>

| campus = [[Rural]], {{convert|600|acre|ha|0}}

| nickname = [[Saint Francis Red Flash|Red Flash]]

| colors = Red and White {{color box|#990000}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}

| sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] – [[Northeast Conference|NEC]]<br />{{space|5}}[[AtlanticCollegiate 10Water ConferencePolo Association|A-10CWPA]], and [[EIVA]].}}

| website = {{URL|www.francis.edu}}

| logo = [[File:Saint Francis University logo.png|200px]]

'''Saint Francis University''' ('''SFU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] university in [[Loretto, Pennsylvania]]. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the [[Third Order of Saint Francis#Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance|Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular]]. The university is situated on {{convert|600|acre|ha|0}} in the forests and farmland of Loretto.

Saint Francis College was established in 1847 by six Franciscan teaching [[Brother (Catholic)|Brothers]] from [[Mountbellew]], Ireland, who had been given land in Loretto by [[Michael O'Connor (American bishop)|Michael O'Connor]], the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh|Bishop of Pittsburgh]], to establish a school.<ref name="francishistory" /> The university was one of the first Catholic universities in the United States and the first Franciscan college in the nation. Although it originally only admitted males, it became one of the first Catholic Universities to become [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]]. Loretto is the site of the first English-language Roman Catholic settlement established west of the [[Allegheny Front]], in what is now the United States, by [[Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin]] in 1799.

In 2001, Saint Francis College was approved to change to become a university by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and renamed to "Saint Francis University".

The main building for the [[Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art]], which also has a number of smaller facilities across the local region, is located on campus. Also on the campus are The DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness,<ref>[http://www.francis.edu/DiSepioInstitute.htm?ekmensel=c580fa7b_18_0_10778_6 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815045418/http://www.francis.edu/DiSepioInstitute.htm?ekmensel=c580fa7b_18_0_10778_6 |date=August 15, 2009 }}</ref> the Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (CSOR),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francis.edu/News/2016/07/SFU-launches-Center-for-the-Study-of-Occupational-Regulation/ |title=CSOR - SFU launches Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation |publisher=francis.edu |access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref> Center for Watershed Research & Service,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://francis.edu/center-for-watershed-research-and-service/ |title=Center for Watershed Research & Service - Pennsylvania &#124; Saint Francis University |publisher=Francis.edu |access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref> and The Institute for Contemporary Franciscan Life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://francis.edu/institute-for-contemporary-franciscan-life/ |title=Institute for Contemporary Franciscan Life - Pennsylvania &#124; Saint Francis University |publisher=Francis.edu |date=2015-06-30 |access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref>

Athletically, Saint Francis competes in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Northeast Conference]]. Their nickname is the Red Flash. The University has a total of 22 varsity sports teams, with nine9 men's teams and 13 women's programs all competing in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]. Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track & field competing in the [[Northeast Conference]], and volleyball, which competescompeting in the [[EasternNortheast Intercollegiate Volleyball Association]] (EIVA)Conference; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball which compete in the [[Northeast Conference]] and field hockey which competes in the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] (A-10). Saint Francis University willalso be addingadded Women's Water Polo in the 2016-2017 school year as its 2323rd varsity sport at the Division 1I level. In addition to this, there are also two club sport teams, ice hockey and baseball.

* Captain [[Paul Boyton]] (1848–1924) - author, inventor, and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tobin Center Staff |date=2010-05-01 |others=(Information submitted by Nagy, John A. to the archive center via email on May 1, 2010) |title=Boyton (Captain Paul) Collection |url=https://libguides.francis.edu/c.php?g=246362&p=1644776#s-lg-box-7054618 |journal=St. Francis University Tobin Center Archives Collections |pages=Additional Information |via=Margaret M. Tobin Center for Archives and Special Collections}}</ref>

* [[Tadeusz Piotrowski (sociologist)|Tadeusz Piotrowski]] – author and sociologist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-21 |title=Thaddeus Piotrowski {{!}} University of New Hampshire at Manchester |url=http://manchester.unh.edu/about/directory/438/Thaddeus+Piotrowski |access-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721131004/http://manchester.unh.edu/about/directory/438/Thaddeus+Piotrowski |accessarchive-date=20222013-0307-1421 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>