Nearly 400,000 people pre-registered to see the bones of St. Francis of Assisi in the hilltop town in Italy's Umbria. The remains of Italy's patron saint date back to the 13th century. A long line of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The remains of St Francis of Assisi, one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints, is on display in the Basilica of St Francis ...

The remains of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time, marking 800 years since the saint’s death. The skeleton of the saint was exhumed from its sarcophagus in the crypt ...

Saint Francis of Assisi's skeleton is going on public display from Sunday for the first time for the 800th anniversary of his death, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors. Inside a nitrogen-filled ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to ...