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Il dialogo con la Chiesa<br />

Dialogue with the Church<br />

In senso orario:<br />

Chiesa di San <strong>Francesco</strong><br />

a Ripa in Trastevere, il Tau,<br />

segnaletica orizzontale<br />

del Cammino di <strong>Francesco</strong><br />

e dettaglio di un affresco.<br />

Clockwise:<br />

Church of St. Francis a Ripa in<br />

Trastevere, Rome, the Tau,<br />

signage on the St. Francis Walk<br />

and detail from a fresco.<br />

ROMA<br />

Nel suo continuo peregrinare, san <strong>Francesco</strong><br />

si recò spesso a Roma. Qui in Trastevere sorge<br />

la chiesa di San <strong>Francesco</strong> a Ripa, così denominata<br />

perché egli vi dimorò quando venne a Roma<br />

per incontrarsi con il papa Onorio III. Nella cella<br />

del santo sono ancora oggi conservati il suo<br />

guanciale in pietra e il crocifisso.<br />

Da Roma, con l’approvazione del papa, partì<br />

il francescanesimo primitivo e il “Poverello d’Assisi”<br />

restò molto affezionato a questa chiesa<br />

a cui fece ritorno altre volte nel corso della sua<br />

vita. San <strong>Francesco</strong> si ritirerà infine nella natia<br />

Assisi nell’autunno del 1226. Qui, dopo aver<br />

scritto il testamento finale, morirà il 3 ottobre nella<br />

sua Porziuncola. Circa due anni dopo, il 16 luglio<br />

del 1228, fu proclamato santo da Gregorio IX.<br />

As he continued on his pilgrimage, St. Francis is known to<br />

have visited Rome on a number of occasions. In Trastevere<br />

we find the Church of St. Francis a Ripa, named after the<br />

Saint, who stayed there on a visit to Rome to meet Pope<br />

Honorius III. In the cell used by the Saint we can still see<br />

his stone pillow and crucifix.<br />

It was from Rome, with the Pope’s approval, that Francis<br />

started the primitive Franciscanism movement, and this<br />

same “Poverello” or “Poor person” of Assisi remained<br />

very fond of the Church there, returning on a number of<br />

occasions over the course of his lifetime. St. Francis finally<br />

withdrew to his native Assisi in the autumn of 1226.<br />

Here, after having written his final testament, he died<br />

on the 3rd of October in his beloved town of Porziuncula.<br />

Less than two years later, on the 16th of July 1228, he was<br />

proclaimed a saint by Pope Gregory IX.

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