Assisi, Italy (by Portokyo)

Assisi, Italy: Assisi is a hill town in central Italy’s Umbria region. It was the birthplace of St. Francis (1181–1226), one of Italy’s patron saints. The Basilica of St. Francis is a massive, 2-level church, consecrated in 1253. Wikipedia

Views of Assisi, Italy.

March 18, 2024

Saint Clare of Assisi

1194-1253

Feast Day: August 11 (New), August 12 (Trad)

Patronage: eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, embroiderers, gilders

Saint Clare of Assisi, an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi, founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life—the first monastic rule known to have been written by a woman. Following her death, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares. In art, Clare is often shown carrying a monstrance or pyx, in commemoration of the time when she warded away the soldiers of Frederick II at the gates of her convent by displaying the Blessed Sacrament and kneeling in prayer.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

Elio Chiol - Assisi-Italy 1958

ASSISI

Assisi.

March 18, 2024

Babbo Natale (St. Nicholas), Assisi, Umbria, 2010.

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

ASSISI, Umbria, Italy by @edivad_92

Saint Francis of Assisi dolls for sale, Assisi

Assisi, Italy (by Karl Hauser)

The temple of Minerva

The temple of Minerva, now Saint Mary upon Minerva, Assisi, Italy. It's the Roman temple best preserved in the world.

Photos by me.

Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi. Assisi, Italy.

March 18, 2024

Sterpeto. Torre colombara