![]() ![]() I’m sure some of our Franciscans can tell us more about this. The Portiuncula indulgence can still be gained on August 2 of every year. While in San Francisco, Joy and I found the copy that has been constructed there. Saint Francis died lying naked on the floor of the Portiuncula in 1226. This act of the Holy Father raised this small “little portion” to one of the most important pilgrimage shrines in the world. ![]() This was a amazing privilege since only Rome, Jerusalem, and Santiago in Spain were the sites of plenary indulgences. Saint Francis asked that this chapel be indulgenced, and the Pope granted his request. ![]() Francis' personality into a portrait of a saint who can inspire men and women today. With spiritual insight and careful historical judgment, Englebert blends the many facets of St. Francis by the Abbot Monte Subasio in 1208. Omer Englebert provides a rarity among saint biographies: a popular work of inspiring spiritual reading that is also an acclaimed work of modern scholarship. This dilapidated little chapel was given to St. ![]() Tradition states that Portiuncola was built under Pope Liberius (352-66) by hermits from the Valley of Josaphat who hid relics (burial clothes) from the grave of the Blessed Virgin at this spot. The Portiuncula (or “little portion”) is essentially the mother church of the Franciscans. One of the most fascinating things about the life of Saint Francis is the Portiuncula indulgence that he obtained from the Pope. Francis of Assisi: A Biography (9781616366087) by Englebert, Omer and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]()
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