Francis of Assisi Instructed His Followers to Imitate Which Religious

Francis of Assisi instructed his followers to imitate which religious figure?

A) Christ and his first converts, especially their humility and poverty
B) Paul, especially his knowledge and application of Old Testament writers
C) Saint Dominic, especially his life of continual prayer and meditation
D) the disciple John, especially how he sensed Christ's love
E) Augustine, the greatest of all the early Church fathers