Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in ...

Desperate to impoverish himself, he tries to donate a large amount of his father’s money to a local church; the priest, ...

This description, subsequently cited in several medieval Christian texts ... churches worldwide was originally conceived by St. Francis of Assisi. Much of what scholars know about Francis comes ...

This man was St Francis. St Francis lived in the stunning hilltop town of Assisi (below). The skyline is now dominated by the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, which houses St Francis’ tomb ...