Day: Oct 3, 2018

Era Mercoledì 14 maggio 1902 all’alba. Nell’isola di Malta si sparse come un fulmine la notizia che durante la notte era morto fra Diego Bonanno OFM, fondatore dell’Istituto San Francesco a ?amrun, un fratello laico Francescano che aveva consumato le proprie energie chiedendo l’elemosina per aiutare coloro che erano stretti nella morsa della povertà e dell’ingiustizia sociale.

Fra Diego Bonanno ofm (pdf)

The way in which Bonaventure of Bagnoregio presents the figure of Saint Francis in the Legenda Maior Sancti Francisci is strongly enigmatic.1 In a sense, Bonaventure knew very well the biographical sources of the life of Francis, particularly those by Thomas of Celano and Julian of Speyer. He also sought to meet personally with those companions of the Saint who were still alive in 1260.

Bonaventure’s Theology of the Cross (pdf)

The pilgrims who go to Assisi are sure to have visited a small oratory, in a narrow alleyway going down from Via del Ceppo della Catena, the street which from Piazza del Comune leads to the Basilica of Santa Chiara. This oratory is known by the name “San Francesco Piccolino”.

Birth of St Francis (pdf)