The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a Papal minor basilica and one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. With its accompanying friary, Sacro Convento, the basilica is a distinctive landmark to those approaching Assisi. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
La Verna (Latin: Alverna is a locality on Mount Penna, an isolated mountain of 1,283 metres situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines, rising above the valley of the Casentino, central Italy. The place is known especially for its association with Saint Francis of Assisi and for the Sanctuary of La Verna, which grew up in his honour. Administratively it falls within the Tuscan province of Arezzo and the comune of Chiusi della Verna, Italy.
The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels is a papal minor basilica situated in the plain at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy, in the frazione of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
The Church and Convent of the Girolamini or Gerolamini is a church and ecclesiastical complex in Naples, Italy. It is located directly across from the Cathedral of Naples on via Duomo. The facade is across the homonymous piazza and street from Santa Maria della Colonna. It is one block west of Via Duomo.
San Francesco della Vigna is a Roman Catholic church in the Sestiere of Castello in Venice, northern Italy.
The Wolf of Gubbio was a wolf who, according to the Fioretti di San Francesco, terrorized the Umbrian city of Gubbio until he was tamed by St. Francis of Assisi acting on behalf of God. The story is one of many in Christian narrative that depicts saints exerting influence over animals and nature, a motif common to hagiography.
The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Brescia is located on at the west end of Via Elia Capriolo, where it intersects with the Via delle Grazie. Built in the 16th century and remodeled in the 17th century, it still retains much of its artwork by major regional artists, including one of its three canvases by Moretto. The other two are now held at the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo. The interior is richly decorated in Baroque fashion. Adjacent to the church is the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, a neo-gothic work.
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church in the lower town of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy.
San Francesco is a late-Renaissance, Roman Catholic minor basilica church located on via Terranuova in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
San Michele e San Francesco is a renaissance-style, Roman Catholic parish church located in the Piazza SS Francesco e Michele in the town of Carmignano, province of Prato, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is best known for housing the Jacopo Pontormo altarpiece of the Visitation.
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic, Franciscan church in Cagli, province of Pesaro e Urbino, region of Marche, Italy.
Santa Maria in Via is a Baroque style Roman Catholic church and Marian Shrine in Camerino, in the province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy.
San Girolamo is a 15th-century Roman Catholic church located in Spello, province of Perugia, region of Umbria, Italy.
San Francesco is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on the piazza of the same name in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.
San Paolo is a Roman Catholic church and former monastery in the town of Poggio Nativo, province of Rieti, Region of Lazio, Italy.
Santa Maria di Gesù is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Caltagirone in the region of Sicily, Italy. There is also a former Jesuit church del Gesù in town.
San Francesco di Paola is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church and monastery, located on Via Carini corner Piazza San Francesco di Paola, in Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy.
The Monastero or Eremo di Sant'Ambrogio is a 14th-century Roman Catholic church and monastery located on Via Guido Bonarelli #5 nestled on high slopes of Monte Foce, north of Gubbio, region of Umbria, in Italy. It was initially founded as a rustic Franciscan hermitage following Augustinian rules, outside the city walls of Gubbio.
San Pietro is an ancient Roman Catholic church and former monastery located on piazza San Pietro in central Gubbio, region of Umbria, in Italy. The church which displays architectural elements from many centuries, from Romanesque to the Renaissance, as well as housing prominent artworks; the monastery now houses the civic Biblioteca Comunale Sperelliana.
San Giovanni Battista is a Gothic and Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church located in Piazza San Giovanni in the historic center of Gubbio, Umbria, in Italy.
