san francesco

July 16, 2015
Saint Clare of Assisi was born on 16 July 1194 (d. 12 August 1253, canonized 1255) in Assisi.

October 27, 2014
Italian cardinal and art patron Gentile Partino da Montefiore died on 27 October 1312 in Lucca.

October 4, 2014
Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis .

September 26, 2014
On 26 September 1997, a series of earthquakes shook central Italy and caused part of the Basilica of Saint Francis at Assisi to collapse.