Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time

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Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remainsSaint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors.Inside a nitrogen-filled case with the Latin inscription “Corpus Sancti Francisci” (the body of Saint Francis), the remains are being shown in the Italian hillside town’s Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. Continue reading...