Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed for ...

Medieval artist Cimabue’s depiction of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy. Eight hundred years ago this year, St. Francis of Assisi ...

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 ...

The bones of St Francis of Assisi, the revered medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians, are going on public display for the first time. But the month-long exhibition, ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial of the saint of Assisi ...

Now, as Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed 2026 as the Jubilee Year for St. Francis, Archbishop José H. Gomez has declared 15 sites ...

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 ...

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 Christians of venerating a ...