St. Francis

September 18, 2017
The last documents referring to fourteenth-century painter Pietro Lorenzetti are dated between 18 September 1344 and 19 February 1345.

September 17, 2016
September 17 is the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi.

September 17, 2015
17 September is the Feast Day of the Stigmatization of St. Francis .

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

March 26, 2015
philamuseum : Learn about the origins of this painting of Saint Francis of Assisi during this week’s Spotlight Gallery Conversations on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ” Saint Francis of Assisi ,” c. 1427, by Fra Angelico

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

October 3, 2014
October 3 marks the anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.

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.

April 12, 2014
The exhibition “Caravaggio and Connoisseurship” invites visitors to assess attributions to the famous Baroque painter.

March 28, 2014
medievalistsnet : Kickstarter campaign to restore St. Francis of Assisi’s home in Rome The Franciscan order hopes to raise $125 000 to restore a convent in Rome which was the home of St. Francis of Assisi.