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There will be a live stream presentation by Professor Massimo Cacciari on Saturday, April 17th at 9 p.m. on the theme, "Dante, Francis and Humanism". This 'lectio magistralis' (reading by the teacher) will be a part of the Days of Dante event, organized by the Municipality of Foligno in collaboration ...
Read moreAll those who love the Basilica of Assisi -- its history of faith and its beauty, always in need of development and preservation, its initiatives for culture and solidarity, always in need of promotion -- may support our efforts by donating your 5x1000 to the Foundation for the Basilica of Saint Francis ...
Read moreThe Custos' Easter Vigil homily: Don't be afraid! I feel it's my turn now to say these words. I feel that my task is the same as the one who addressed the women that dawn of the eighth day. A young man, says the evangelist Mark, dressed in a white robe. Now it is up to me, no longer young, but ...
Read moreCalled for by Pope Gregory IX with the Bull "Recolentes" of April 29, 1228, the Basilica was meant to be a "specialis ecclesia", and has guarded ...
Discover The Basilica of Saint FrancisThe tomb of St. Francis, a destination every year for millions of pilgrims from all over the world, is a simple stone sarcophagus enclosed within ...
Discover Tomb of Saint FrancisConstruction of the Lower Church of the Basilica of Saint Francis was started in 1228 and completed by May 25, 1230, at which time the body of ...
Discover Lower ChurchThe construction of the upper church of the Papal Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi was completed in 1253 during the Pontificate of Pope Innocent ...
Discover Upper ChurchConsecrated with the papal Basilica by Innocent IV in 1253, the 'Sacro Convento' (Sacred Convent) is characterized by a complex and difficult-to-document ...
Discover Sacred Convent (internationally known as the Sacro Convento)Inside the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi can be found the following: - the 'Library of the Sacro Convento': an ecclesiastical ...
Discover Library and ArchivesThe collection of the 'Treasure of the Basilica' was started in 1230, with the first precious gifts received on the occasion of the solemn 'translation' ...
Discover Museum of TreasuresThe mortal remains of Saint Francis of Assisi rest in this 800 year-old Basilica, together with the remains of his first companions. This holy place, together with the other churches here, make Assisi a true and special city-sanctuary.
1181 - 1182: Francis is born to Pietro Bernadone and Lady 'Pica'. At the time of his birth his father is on a business trip in France. At ...
Read moreIn his Leggenda Maggiore (Greater Legend), St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio offers a key to the theological understanding of the Stigmata, received ...
Read more"Do not cling to me!" -- The lower church of the Basilica preserves in the Chapel of Magdalene, one of the most important pictorial cycles of ...
Read moreThe following is the schedule for the Holy Week celebrations, which will take place in the presence of the faithful to the ...
On the Saturdays, the 6th, 13th and 20th of March 2021 at 6.00 pm, in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis in ...
“Together for St. Francis”, the project that intends to create a network to safeguard and promote the Lower Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, launched by the Foundation for the Basilica of San Francesco, the non-profit foundation that supports the religious and cultural heritage of the architectural complex of Assisi and LoveItaly, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring a future for Italy’s cultural heritage, established by LVenture Group.
The project aims to network and mobilize the entire community in order to be able to carry out, by a crowdfunding campaign, the urgent conservation work of the west wing of the Giotto vault above the altar of the lower church of the Basilica, in particular the central part of the "vela" where is frescoed the figure of St. Francis in the glory of heaven.
An interview with the head fresco restorer: The Chapel of Mary Magdalene, the third on the northern side of the nave of the lower Basilica, ...
“Together for St. Francis” is a project created in order to establish a network to safeguard and promote the Lower Basilica of Saint Francis. ...
The west panel of the Giotto cross vault over the principal altar of the Lower Basilica depicts Saint Francis in the glory of heaven. It's ...
