Gubbio - Biscina Valfabbrica - Ripa Assisi - Foligno Spoleto - Ceselli The Reatine Valley (Lazio) LA VERNA Planning a Distance: 22,8 km Distance: 10,5 km Distance: 21,8 km Distance: 15,9 km The Sacred Valley of Rieti is full of testimony PIEVE S. STEFANO Height difference: + 520 / - 500 m Height difference: + 90 / - 50 m Height difference: + 690 / - 885 m Height difference: + 490 / - 680 m to St. Francis. The Greccio Hermitage, the Difficulty: challenging Difficulty: easy Difficulty: Challenging Difficulty: Challenging Sanctuaries of Fontecolombo and La Foresta, your CERBAIOLO VIA DI FRANCESCO the temple of Terminillo and the Beech Tree b SAINT FRANCIS - AND THE WOLF OF Val fabbrica (Pg) SAINT FRANCIS - IN FOLIGNO SAINT FRANCIS - IN SPOLETO of St. Francis are just some of the best-known GUBBIO Francis therefore leapt to his feet, made the Nil iucundius vidi valle mea spoletana landmarks. If you would like to see these Trip The sermon being ended, Saint Francis added Franciscan itinerary: sign of the cross, prepared a horse, got into the I have never seen anything more joyful than places, a visit to the website of the these words: Church of Coccorano saddle, and taking scarlet cloth with him set off my Spoleto valley - Saint Francis’ Rieti tourist board is highly recommended, “Listen my brethren: the wolf who is here before 13 Church of Santa Maria Assunta at speed for Foligno. There, as was his custom, at www.camminodifrancesco.it. c you has promised and pledged his faith that he sold all his goods and with a stroke of luck he consents to make peace with you all, and sold his horse as well. Rieti Following in the footsteps of Saint Francis to reach the places and SANSEPOLCRO no more to offend you in aught, and you must (Vita prima - Tommaso da Celano, 333-335) towns that witnessed the life of the saint. promise to give him each day his necessary Ceselli - Arr one ranciscan sites food; to which, if you consent, I promise in his Ripa - Perugia Spello (Pg) f The Greccio Hermitage name that he will most faithfully observe the Distance: 14 km g Sanctuary of Fontecolombo So, you’re ready to follow in the steps of Saint Francis but you don’t compact.” (Fioretti – Chapter XXI) Distance: 16,5 km Franciscan itinerary:: Height difference: + 130 / - 180 m h Sanctuary of La Foresta Height difference: + 320 / - 170 m i CITERNA 41 Church and Monastery of San Girolamo Difficulty: easy Temple of Terminillo know what to expect? To help you with your trip we’ve put together Difficulty: medium Gubbio (Pg) 42 Church of Sant’Andrea Apostolo 1 2 some suggestions on how to approach the itinerary in stages, but 43 Church and Convent of Santa Maria di SAINT FRANCIS - AND NATURE SAINT FRANCIS - IN PERUGIA you’re free to choose how far you walk each day, because you’ll be the CITTA’ DI CASTELLO Franciscan itinerary: Vallegloria All praise be yours, my Lord, through 5 9 Church of Caprignone What do you think I will become in life? Know Sister Water, so useful, humble, precious one doing the walking. 3 4 that I will be worshipped all over the world Rieti - Rome PIETRALUNGA Former Abbey of Vallingegno Foligno (Pg) and pure. 11 Hermitage of San Pietro in Vigneto (Leggenda dei Tre compagni, Chapter II, (Canticle of Creation, Saint Francis’ of Assisi) Where possible we’ve added extracts from writings about the places 4- F.1398) Franciscan itinerary: The path continues along the last 100 km COLLEVECCHIO towards Rome, linking the Rieti Valley to St. 44 Church of San Francesco Arrone (Tr) where some of the most important episodes in the life of Saint Francis Peter’s Tomb, along the ancient “Salt Route”. Perugia 44b Memorial to the Sermon to the Birds took place. We hope they’ll be both an inspiration and an (Cannara) Franciscan itinerary: Franciscan itinerary: To learn more about the various stages of the accompaniment on your journey. Biscina - Valfabbrica 51 Former Monastery of San Francesco 14 Church of San Francesco al Prato route, and for more information, why not visit Distance: 15,2 km 15 Monastery of Monteripido www.laviadiromalaviafrancigenadisanfrancesco.com Height difference: + 420 / - 360 m 16 Church of San Francesco delle Donne GUBBIO Difficulty: medium 17 Prison of Sopramuro Foligno - Trevi La Verna - Cerbaiolo (Tuscany) Citerna - Città di Castello Pietralunga - Gubbio 18 6 7 Memorial to the Battle of Collestrada Arr one - Piediluco Distance: 13 km Distance: 28 km Distance: 18,7 km Distance: 25,8 km 8 (under construction) Height difference: + 260 / - 90 m Arr one - Greccio Height difference: + 550 / - 700 Height difference: + 630 / -700 m Height difference: + 370 / - 450 m Distance: 13 km 10 Difficulty: easy Height difference: + 180 / - 20 m Difficulty: Demanding Difficulty: challenging Difficulty: challenging The section between Arrone and Greccio, Valfabbrica - Assisi (alternative r oute) Difficulty: medium Via Terni and Stroncone is currently under Perugia - Assisi SAINT FRANCIS - IN TREVI THE STIGMATA OF ST. FRANCIS AT LA SAINT FRANCIS - IN CITERNA SAINT FRANCIS - AT GUBBIO Distance: 14 km construction. For more information contact: “...Saint Francis’ said before everyone there: Piediluco (Tr) VERNA “Take, take away, devil, what is yours”. So when the son of Pietro Bernardone, Height difference: + 550 / - 330 m [email protected] Distance: 27 km Brother ass, be quiet and let me preach. And “Then on a harsh crag between Tiber and Arno That miserable woman was immediately taken persecuted by his father, disinherited and almost 11 Difficulty: medium Height difference: + 350 / - 355 m the ass immediately calmed down, put its Franciscan itinerary: He received from Christ the last imprinted seal away and lifted up into the air, and thence in rags, left Assisi walking with Providence as Difficulty: medium Terni/Stroncone 9 head between its legs and stood still, in total 52 Which for two years he bore upon his limbs” forward was never seen again by a single soul his guide, it led him on the road to Gubbio, DANTE DESCRIBES ASSISI, SAINT FRANCIS’ Church of San Francesco silence...” (La Divina Commedia, Dante, Paradise, Canto (La Franceschina - G. Oddi, 1474, vol. I, p. 422) where he arrived in a state that can be imagined BIRTHPLACE Franciscan itinerary: BISCINA PERFECT HAPPINESS (De Conformitate - Bartolomeo da Pisa) XI, lines 106-108) after such as eventful journey… (Vita prima - From this hillside, where it abates its rise, ...One day, as Saint Francis was going with 53 Church of San Francesco Citerna (Pg) Tommaso da Celano) 54 Church of San Cristoforo a sun was born into the world, much like Brother Leo from Perugia to Saint Mary of the Trevi (Pg) La Verna / Cerbaiolo (province of Arezzo) 55 Church of San Francesco (Stroncone) 12 13 this sun when it is climbing from the Ganges. Angels, the holy brother explained to his travel Franciscan itinerary: Gubbio (Pg) Piediluco - P oggio Bustone 56 Monastery of San Francesco (Stroncone) Therefore let him who names this site not say companion what things are perfect joy... Franciscan itinerary: VALFABBRICA 57 Franciscan sites: 1 Santissimo Crocifisso e Santa Maria Ascesi, which would be to say too little, (Fioretti – Chapter VIII) (Umbria - Lazio) Church of St. Valentine 45 Church of San Francesco a Sanctuary of La Verna Monastery Franciscan itinerary: 14 15 but Orient, if he would name it rightly. 58 Path of the First Franciscan Martyrs 46 Church of St. Peter in Bovara Distance: 21 km b The hermitage of Cerbaiolo 2 Church and Monastery of San Francesco 6 Church of San Francesco Fondaco degli 16 17 RIPA (Divina Commedium- Dante Alighieri, Bastia Umbra (Pg) 47 Church of S. Maria di Pietra Rossa Spadalonga Paradiso, Canto XI) Height difference: + 750 / - 450 Difficulty: demanding 7 Church of San Francesco della Pace o dei Franciscan itinerary: Muratori PERUGIA 19 Church of San Paolo delle Abbadesse 8 Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria 20 19 ST. FRANCIS AT POGGIO BUSTONE 18 Cerbaiolo - Sansepolcr o (Tuscany) Città di Castello - Collevecchio ASSISI 22 23 24 25 26 27 Trevi - P oreta “Greetings, good people!” 21 Bastia Umbria (Pg) BASTIA UMBRA 28 29 30 31 32 33 This is how Francis is said to have greeted the District of Os pedalicchio Distance: 12,4 km Distance: 30 km Distance: 14 km inhabitants of Poggio Bustone when he first S. MARIA 34 35 36 38 39 40 Height difference: + 430 / - 470 m Height difference: + 600 / - 750 Height difference: + 400 / -110 m DEGLI arrived at the little village on the slopes of the 37 Difficulty: medium Difficulty: Demanding Difficulty: medium ANGELI Franciscan itinerary: Appennines. 20 Shrine of the Madonna del Rosario (Annales Minorum, seu Trium Ordinum a S. REPENTANCE OF THE THIEVES AT SAINT FRANCIS - IN CITTA’ DI CASTELLO 41 Francisco institutorum, L. Wadding, 1931) MONTECASALE ...having heard that he was passing, the SPELLO Assisi (Pg) Cannara District of Santa Maria degli Angeli Poggio Bustone (province of Rieti) It is said that three dangerous criminals people of the district all ran to see him, men 44b 42 43 P oreta - Spoleto once arrived at the door of the convent at and women, young and old alike. With great Franciscan itinerary: Franciscan sites Montecasale, asking for bread and wine. devotion and longing they all wanted to touch Distance: 15,9 km FOLIGNO 44 21 d The Beech Tree of St. Francis The gatekeeper friar admonished them soundly him and kiss his hand. And he could not refuse VIA FLAMINIA Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli Height difference: + 520 / - 500 m e Sanctuary of Poggio Bustone and sent them packing. Back at the convent, the devotion of the people and so, although VIA DI FRANCESCO Rimini Difficulty: challenging when the friar told St.