LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Pets from across Louisville visited Saint Francis of Assisi on Sunday for a special blessing.

People were invited to bring their pets to Saint Francis of Assisi Church on Bardstown Road for a mass just for animals. 

There were dogs, cats and even a chicken at the church on Sunday.

Saint Francis of Assisi is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. 

"I've blessed a big horse — now not in the church mind you on that one — but yes I've blessed a horse," St. Francis of Assisi Priest Jonathan Erdman said.  "I've actually blessed donkeys, farm animals. I mean, wherever I'm asked, we go."

The event was part of the celebration for the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi which happens on Oct. 4. 

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