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Saint Francis of Assisi, 1181- c.1226

The oldest surviving depiction of St. Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between March 1228 and March 1229. He is depicted without the stigmata, but the image is a religious image and not a portrait

This oldest surviving depiction of St. Francis is a fresco near the entrance of the Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between 1228 and 1229.

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Select Books and Full-text Articles on Saint Francis of Assisi

NOTE: Hundreds more articles may be available on St. Francis that are not full-text online, but available from our library or via Interlibrary loan.  Simply use the online catalog as follows: If you are looking for books/articles written BY Assisi you should search our online catalog or databases for his name as an AUTHOR (Francis of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.). If you want to find resources ABOUT Francis or his theology, search for Subjects related to him  ("Theology Middle Ages", for example).

Here's a link to Books on St. Francis and his theology available at Luther Sem; hundreds of others available by interlibrary loan in Minnesota.

Also consult the following databases for helpful articles or abstracts on Francis of Assisi (both JSTOR and Open Access Theological Library have hundreds of book chapters or articles on St. Francis.

Francis of Assisi in the Post-Reformation Digital Library

 

Saint Francis Painting by Van Eyck

Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, Painting by Jan van Eyck (1395–1441), Painted 1430-1432, Oil on vellum on panel © Philadelphia Museum of Art

For digital resources, including rare manuscripts, on/of St. Francis see the Digital Vatican Library

Sermon Snippet by Dr. Jennie Wojciechowski on St. Francis (October 4, 2023, Luther Seminary)--a YouTube video on St. Francis

Select Books and EBOOKS on St. Francis at Luther Sem