Sunday, March 30, 2014

Crowdfunding Being Tried by Monks to Restore St Francis' Cell

A group of Franciscan monks have taken to the Internet to raise funds to restore a dusty cell said to have been used by St Francis of Assisi himself. Located in the trendy Trastevere district, the church of San Francesco a Ripa looks much like any other of 900 churches in the Eternal City and is better known for a statue by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini. But the monks in charge of the church say the real treasure tucked away on the first floor ...

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