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, ...

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 ...

Nearly 400,000 people are expected to venerate the saint’s relics while on public display through March 22. Pilgrims venerate St. Francis of Assisi's relics in the lower church of the Basilica of St.

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 ...

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 ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I thought: Is this ...

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 skeleton of St. Francis of Assisi is on public display for the first time, marking 800 years since his death. The remains were exhumed from their sarcophagus in the crypt of the Basilica of St.