Throughout eight centuries of history, the Franciscan Order has been blessed with many symbols to represent it (cord, tau, stigmata signs). The baroque shield of the Franciscan Order has been used by all branches of the family, the shield of the two crossed arms has undergone several transformations throughout history, reaching its current form in […]
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Franciscan Gallery – BLESSING FOR BROTHER LEO
In the Sanctuary of Della Verna, there is a chapel known as the chapel of the cross at the end of the stigmata corridor. This chapel was built in the place where, according to tradition, was the little cabin that Francis inhabited. It is also known as “the second cell of Saint Francis”. Various miracles […]
Franciscan Gallery – MANY OF THOSE
Francis began visiting and serving lepers, giving them his dresses, and all the money he carried. One day, an image of Jesus Christ crucified spoke to him and asked him to repair his Church that was in ruins. He decided to sell his horse and some clothes from his father’s shop to have money to […]
Franciscan Gallery – OUR LADY OF THE SUNSETS
Our Lady of the Sunsets by Lorenzetti Lower Basilica of St Francis, in Assisi Italy 1310–1329 Lorenzetti’s most ambitious work is the Passion fresco cycle in the left transept of the Lower Church of San Francesco in Assisi. These seventeen well-preserved frescoes – the highpoint of his early career – show the influence of Giotto. […]
Franciscan Gallery – FRANCISCAN CROWN
The Franciscan Crown (or Seraphic Rosary) is a rosary consisting of seven decennaries in commemoration of the Seven Joys of the Virgin, namely, the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity of Jesus, the Adoration of the Wise men, the Finding in the Temple, the Resurrection of Christ, and finally, either or both the Assumption of Mary […]