From the Sanctuary
A shelf of things worth a pilgrim's time — films, books, music, places, and studies gathered by hand. If something fed your prayer, offer it here: every suggestion is read by hand before it appears.
Francis of Assisi — the whole life in one place
Formation & Study · en.wikipedia.org
The plainest starting point: the biography laid out year by year, with every claim tied back to the early sources.
Suggested by — The Reading Room
The Canticle of the Sun
Books & Letters · en.wikipedia.org
The poem itself, line by line, with how it came to be written at San Damiano in the last months of his life.
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The Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi
Places & Pilgrimage · sanfrancescoassisi.org
The tomb, the frescoes and the pilgrim's welcome — kept by the friars who live there.
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La Verna — the mountain of the stigmata
Places & Pilgrimage · santuariolaverna.org
The sanctuary where Francis received the wounds in 1224, and where the silence is still kept.
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The Porziuncola
Places & Pilgrimage · porziuncola.org
The little chapel he rebuilt with his own hands, the cradle of the order, and the place he asked to die.
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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis
Books & Letters · archive.org
The Fioretti in full — the stories that shaped how the world has imagined Francis ever since.
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