Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy

The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.
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Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi — a millennial teen whose ordinariness is the draw

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...
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From Sligo to Assisi, one local woman’s devotion to St Francis

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are flocking to Assisi this year to honor one of the world’s most beloved saints – Il Poverello d’ Assisi, the Little Poor Man of Assisi. It’s been 800 years since St ...
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The bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

ASSISI, Italy — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on public display for the first time, giving his ...
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Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display for the first time – capping an 800–YEAR saga over his bodily remains

The bones of St Francis of Assisi have gone on display for the first time, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains. The Franciscan Church has decided to put the remains on display for a month ...
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Photos from Assisi as the bones of St. Francis go on display

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims will have yet another reason to visit the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, as the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and ...
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Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi — a millennial teen whose ordinariness is the draw

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been ...