• Saint Clare of Assisi

    Chiara was born in Assisi in 1193 to a noble family. She was still a child when a civil war erupted in the city between the nobles and the burgeoning middle class. Chiara and her family had to seek refuge in Perugia, where they remained until her youth. Upon returning to Assisi, with the desire to belong only to Christ and attracted by the example...

  • St. Francis of Assisi

    He is the patron saint of Italy and Aldo Cazzullo, in his book, presents him as “The First Italian.” Born in Assisi around 1182, Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, later Francesco, spent much of his youth in wealth. He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant and dreamed of becoming a knight. His life was completely turned upside down thanks to...