The fifty silver-leaf reliquaries housed in the Cell of St. Francis, in the convent of San Francesco a Ripa Grande in Rome’s Trastevere district, have been restored. The restoration, carried out between July and October 2026, was…
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Friar Francesco Piloni, a Friar Minor, is the guardian of the Sanctuary of San Damiano in Assisi and president of the St. Francis Foundation. His experience at Franciscan sites brings him face-to-face daily with an increasingly pressing…
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In Arezzo, the story of St. Francis and his cultural, artistic, and spiritual legacy is enriched by a new chapter. As part of the celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death, the Tuscany Regional Directorate of National…
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To mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the National Art Gallery of Bologna is dedicating an exhibition to the transformation of the saint’s image in Bolognese painting between the 16th and 17th…
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Eight hundred years after the death of St. Francis of Assisi, Arezzo is celebrating its historical and spiritual bond with the patron saint of Italy through a major exhibition dedicated to the evolution of his image in art. Paintings…
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The “Cammino di Francesco – Il Cammino della Luce” is launched—a new project that brings together, in a single major route, the main pilgrimage routes dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi and the itineraries linked to the history of…
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The year 2026 marks eight hundred years since the death of St. Francis (Assisi, 1181 - 1226), and Assisi is preparing to celebrate the anniversary with a project that looks to the future of cultural heritage protection: in fact, the…
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From March 14 to June 14, 2026, the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia celebrates the800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi with the major exhibition Giotto and St. Francis. A Revolution in Fourteenth-Century Umbria…
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