Assisi - Saints

Saints

Assisi was the home of several saints. They include:

  • Agnes of Assisi
  • Clare of Assisi
  • Francis of Assisi
  • Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
  • Rufinus of Assisi
  • Vitalis of Assisi
  • Sylvester of Assisi

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    “It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “The Saints come,
    as human as a mouth,
    with a bag of God in their backs,
    like a hunchback,
    they come,
    they come marching in.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “For all the saints who from their labors rest,
    Who, to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
    your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed
    Alleluia!”
    —William Walsham How (1823–1897)