The bones of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time in the Italian town of Assisi, where locals ...

The remains of St Francis of Assisi, one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints, went on public display on Sunday for the ...

The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.

Hundreds of pilgrims lined up before dawn on Sunday to be among the first to pray before the exposed relics of St. Francis in ...

Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the Italian town is bracing for a crush ...

The bones of Italy’s patron saint will be shown to the public for a month, to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.

Inside a nitrogen-filled plexiglass case with the Latin inscription "Corpus Sancti Francisci" (The Body of St Francis), the remains are being shown in the Italian hill town's Basilica of St. Francis ...

The Franciscan friars who operate the basilica and the convent here in Assisi, are doing this to commemorate the 800th ...

St Francis of Assisi's bones have been exhibited for public viewing in Assisi, Italy, marking the first time in 800 years.

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to pay homage to the remains of the 11th-century saint famous for his love of the natural world.

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. At such a critical moment in US ...

Pilgrims will have yet another reason to visit the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, as the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the ...