The Message of St. Francis Crosses and Crucifixes but the elders remain huddled

but the elders remain huddled in their luxurious surroundings

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The Message of St. Francis Crosses and Crucifixes but the elders remain huddledFor nearly eight centuries, the Basilica of St Francis at Assisi, a place of pilgrimage and a treasure house of medieval art, has captured the hearts of millions of visitors and kept alive the story of St Francis, patron saint of the natural world. On 26 September 1997, an earthquake struck Umbria, causing part of the Basilica to collapse, killing four people and grinding some of the frescoes to dust. Miraculously, the cycle of 27 paintings attributed