The Message of St. Francis Crosses and Crucifixes fine wooden tracery screens the

fine wooden tracery screens the space

and their Christian virtues

Through her personal reflections and masterful teaching

sitting up in the arms of his mother

In the roundel atop the column separating Gabriel and Mary

The Message of St. Francis Crosses and Crucifixes fine wooden tracery screens theFor nearly eight centuries, the Basilica of St Francis at Assisi, a place of pilgrimage and a treasure house of medieval art, has captured the hearts of millions of visitors and kept alive the story of St Francis, patron saint of the natural world. On 26 September 1997, an earthquake struck Umbria, causing part of the Basilica to collapse, killing four people and grinding some of the frescoes to dust. Miraculously, the cycle of 27 paintings attributed