Assisi, Italy: Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on public display from Sunday for the first time for the 800th anniversary of his death, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors. 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 of Assisi. St. Francis, who died on October 3, 1226, founded the Franciscan order after renouncing his wealth and devoting his life to the poor.

Erstmals zeigt Assisi die Reliquien des heiligen Franz – und der Andrang ist riesig. Der Weg der Gebeine war kaum weniger verschlungen als dessen Lebensweg.

A 800 anni dalla morte, per un mese. Previsti 400mila fedeli