Francis of Assisi’s skeleton put on display for first time

St Francis of Assisi’s skeleton has been publicly displayed in Italy 800 years after his death, drawing huge crowds.

Italy's Assisi displays remains of St Francis for the first time

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

Thousands Convene in Assisi to Pray Before Bones of St. Francis on First Day of Historic Viewing

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

Italy: Remains of St. Francis displayed in Assisi

Nearly 400,000 people pre-registered to see the bones of St. Francis of Assisi in the hilltop town in Italy's Umbria. The ...

In Italy, the bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

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

St. Francis’s Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi

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

Photos from Assisi as the bones of St. Francis go on display

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

St Francis of Assisi’s bones go on public display for first time

The bones of St Francis of Assisi, the revered medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians, are ...

The bones of St. Francis are going on public display for the first time in history inside St.Francis’s lower Basilica

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

Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on display for the first time – here’s why it took 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.

‘Gives me goosebumps’: Thousands flock to Assisi as St Francis’ bones go on display

The display caps an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirms the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a ...

Bones of St Francis of Assisi go on public display in Italy

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