• 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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The Word in Francis' House

 

Events

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On Creation Day

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

Monday, September 1, Creation Day, a blessing of the "Garden of Peace" and participants in the Assisi - Gubbio "Steps ...

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Temporary professions

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 11 a.m. in the lower church of the Basilica. temporary professions will be held for eight ...

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Note d’In…Chiostro 2025 - third meeting

Redazione St. Francis Assisi

Saturday, August 9, 9 p.m. In the Cloister of Sixtus IV at the Sacred Convent, there will be a concert entitled “Notte ...

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A rich program of events again this year will accompany the Season of Creation in Assisi. A moment of ecumenical prayer and action for our common home, celebrated around the world, the initiative opens on Sept. 1 with Creation Day - during which we will celebrate all Masses in the Basilica ...

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With great joy we announce that on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the lower church of the Basilica, at the end of the Novitiate year, some of our brothers will make temporary profession, vowing to live in obedience, without anything of their own and in chastity. They are: * friar ...

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We asked three questions to Friar Simone Tenuti, who, after the intense, extraordinary experience of the International Meeting "Lights of Hope" held in Assisi in the days preceding the Jubilee of Young People and which welcomed 700 young people from all over the world, is about to leave the Sacro ...

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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

How was the Canticle of Brother Sun born? - Among the biographies of Francis of Assisi., it is the Compilation of Assisi that recounts ...

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Francis and the Basilica

The Magdalene Chapel in the Lower Church - In the third chapel on the right side of the central nave of the Lower Church of the Basilica ...

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Our Projects

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 ...

One-Health. Ecosystems, people, and environments in dialogue

Registrations opened on Monday, May 19, for the VI edition of the Training School "Percorsi Assisi", which, as every year, will be held ...

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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