Assisi

Looked at in this light, men like Democritus, Francis of Assisi, and Spinoza are closely akin to one another.
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In 1997, an earthquake in Assisi caused the collapse of the main cathedral and killed ten people.
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His home base is Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Midtown Manhattan.
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He was wearing a dress to get back in the rumbles with the rich mackerel-snappers who went to all-boys St. Francis Assisi.
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On October 4, the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the contemporary Francis traveled to the birthplace of his namesake.
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“Always preach the Gospel,” St. Francis of Assisi, from whom the new pope adopted his name, had once said.
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Assisi, the little Umbrian hill town, is deservedly the popular shrine that it is.
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Assisi is a religious shrine, but its skyline silhouette is more like that which properly belongs to a warlike stronghold.
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The reference in the previous letter to a cross is to a little bronze cross of Francis of Assisi.
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The poor Brother went along in advance of the Saint until he came almost to the walls of Assisi and there awaited him.
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Saint Francis of Assisi gave up all his earthly possessions.
The Bible and Life|Edwin Holt Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for Assisi

Assisi

/ (Italian asˈsiːzi) /

noun

a town in central Italy, in Umbria: birthplace of St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order here in 1208. Pop: 25 304 (2001)

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