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St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of

October 3-4

The most important festival of the Franciscan calendar in Assisi, Italy, the feast of St. Francis (1181-1226) commemorates the saint's transition from this life to the afterlife. For two days the entire town is illuminated by oil lamps burning consecrated oil brought from a different Italian town each year. A parchment in St. Francis's handwriting, believed to be the saint's deathbed blessing to his follower, Brother Leo, is taken to the top of the Santa Maria degli Angeli basilica—built in the 16th century around St. Francis's humble hermitage known as the Porciúncula —and the people are blessed by the pope's representative ( see Forgiveness, Feast of).
In the United States, it is not uncommon for people to bring their pets to church to be blessed on St. Francis's feast day, because of his love for animals as expressed in his Canticle of Creatures .
See also St. Anthony the Abbot and San Francisco

CONTACTS:
Italian Government Tourist Board
630 Fifth Ave., Ste. 1565
New York, NY 10111
212-245-5618; fax: 212-586-9249
www.italiantourism.com

SOURCES:
BkFestHolWrld-1970, p. 111
BkHolWrld-1986, Oct 4
DaysCustFaith-1957, p. 251
DictWrldRel-1989, p. 266
FolkAmerHol-1999, p. 413
IndianAmer-1989, pp. 257, 289, 302
OxYear-1999, p. 402

Celebration days: Oct 3; Oct 4

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Francis of Sylvania and Lourdes College, blesses pets for the feast of St.

The blessing of the worms by National Catholic Reporter

Harris emphasized that this is an important time in all three religions: Many Christians celebrated World Communion Day last Sunday, and the Feast of St.

HOLY DAYS ALIGN by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

a special service and blessing of pets will be held in honor of the Feast of St.

RELIGION IN BRIEF by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Feast of Nuestra Senora de Pe–afrancia

Feast of Our Lady of Carmel

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Feast of Our Lady of the Angels