ASSISI

Had lunch in this restaurant where the servers were dressed in costume and we the menu had food from that time. They even traded our money for mead evil coins to pay for our meal.

Just about the whole town participates in the shows.

With the Millets.

St. Frances is buried under this alter.

Statue of St. Frances coming back from war.

Saint Fransis of Assisi real name is Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, but he was nicknamed Francesco by his father.  He became an friar and preacher and founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, 

His father was a prosperous silk merchant. Wile going off to war in 1204, Francis had a vision that direct him back to Assisi whee he lost his taste for his worldly life. On a pilgrimage to Rome, he joined the poor in begging at St. Peter's Basilica and that experience moved him to live in poverty. He died in 1226.

He was proclaimed a saint by Pope Gregory 1X. He is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. 

Had a great overnight stay in Assisi with the Millets, Stevens and Shinneys. We were there for the Calendimaggio Festival.