The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.
- Director of Catholic Studies, Georgetown University
François d'Assise est devenu, huit cents ans après sa mort, l’un des saints les plus célèbres du Moyen Âge. Sources écrites et fresques médiévales montrent comment sa vie et ses miracles ont été racontés et transmis jusqu'à aujourd'hui.
Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation still resonates.
Nativity scenes showing the birth of baby Jesus first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio.
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