• Papal Basilica and Sacro Convento of
    Saint Francis in Assisi
  • May the Lord
    give you peace
  • May the Lord
    give you peace

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Events

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Next meeting in the Library

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

Friday, December 12th at 5:00 PM, the Library of the Sacred Convent will host a new event on the theme: "What Game ...

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With Francesco

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

Friday, December 5, 2025, 11:00 a.m. the new international cultural and technological project dedicated to the figure ...

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Novena of the Immaculate Conception

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

From November 29 to December 7, as every year, in preparation for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the ...

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The cycle of meditations on the Immaculate Conception in Italian literature, which Don Federico Gallo, director of the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, is offering in preparation for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception until December 7 in the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis, during ...

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From December 8, 2025, to January 8, 2026, the Perkins Room at the Treasury Museum of the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi houses Pax pacis, An art installation consisting of 131 ceramic doves, each engraved with the word "peace" in a different language of the world. The number ...

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This morning, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Tomb of St. Francis. The Holy Father paused for a moment of silent prayer before the tomb. The visit, which took place in an atmosphere of contemplation, was attended by the community of friars of the Sacred Convent, who ...

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Do you know Saint Francis?

The mortal remains of Saint Francis of Assisi rest in this 800 year-old Basilica, together with the remains of his first companions. This holy place, together with the other churches here, make Assisi a true and special city-sanctuary.

Story of a Saint

1181 - 1182: Francis is born to Pietro Bernadone and Lady 'Pica'. At the time of his birth his father is on a business trip in France. At ...

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A man named Francis

Francesco and the Virgin Mary - In his "Major Legend" St. Bonaventure recounts the "unspeakable love" Francis had for Mary, the Mother ...

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Francis and the Basilica

1963: Consecration to the Immaculate Conception - The friars of the Sacro Convento in Assisi have always lived a vital bond with the Blessed ...

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Our Projects

Cortile di Francesco 2025 - CreAzione

It was held from September 10 to 21, the 2025 edition of Cortile di Francesco—entitled Cre-Azione— that has focused on the theme of ...

A Treasure to be enhanced together

On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, an agreement was renewed between the National Gallery of Umbria and the General Custody of the Sacred Convent ...

Laudato sie. Nature and science

Laudato sie, mi' Signore, cum tutte le Tue creature. (Praise be to you, my Lord, with all your creatures) The exhibition “Laudato ...

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