Assisi
a town in E Umbria, in central Italy: birthplace of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Looked at in this light, men like Democritus, Francis of Assisi, and Spinoza are closely akin to one another.
How Einstein Reconciled Religion to Science - Facts So Romantic | Brian Gallagher | November 25, 2020 | NautilusIn 1997, an earthquake in Assisi caused the collapse of the main cathedral and killed ten people.
His home base is Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Midtown Manhattan.
He was wearing a dress to get back in the rumbles with the rich mackerel-snappers who went to all-boys St. Francis Assisi.
On October 4, the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the contemporary Francis traveled to the birthplace of his namesake.
Pope Francis’s Injunction to Get Back to Basics May Help American Christianity | Joshua DuBois | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“Always preach the Gospel,” St. Francis of Assisi, from whom the new pope adopted his name, had once said.
Pope Francis Has Done Penance for His Lapse of Courage in Argentina | Michael Daly | March 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAssisi, the little Umbrian hill town, is deservedly the popular shrine that it is.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounAssisi is a religious shrine, but its skyline silhouette is more like that which properly belongs to a warlike stronghold.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounThe reference in the previous letter to a cross is to a little bronze cross of Francis of Assisi.
Carry On | Coningsby DawsonThe poor Brother went along in advance of the Saint until he came almost to the walls of Assisi and there awaited him.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.Saint Francis of Assisi gave up all his earthly possessions.
The Bible and Life | Edwin Holt Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for Assisi
/ (Italian asˈsiːzi) /
a town in central Italy, in Umbria: birthplace of St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208. Pop: 25 304 (2001)
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