Natività di San Francesco con la Sacra Famiglia - La Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli Museo

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“Nativity of St. Francis with the Holy Family - The Basilica of Santa Maria Degli Angeli Museum”…

“After visiting Bethlehem, St. Francis wanted to imitate the humble setting of Christ’s birth. In 1221, St. Francis had a novel idea. To celebrate the birth of Jesus, Francis wanted to recreate the experience of the first Christmas. He did not want statues inside a church, but with animals in a humble hilltop grove. St. Francis’ inspiration came after traveling to the Holy Land and seeing the exact site of Christ’s birth. The poverty of it deeply impacted Francis and was a particular element he wanted to celebrate at Christmas. ‘About 15 days before the Nativity of the Lord, he said to a friend in Greccio, For I would make a memorial of that Child who was born in Bethlehem, and in some sorts behold with bodily eyes His infant hardships; how He lay in a manger on the hay, with the ox and the ass standing by.’ There Simplicity was honored, Poverty exalted, Humility commended, and of Greccio there was made as it were a new Bethlehem. The night was lit up as the day and was delightful to men and beasts… St. Francis stood before the manger, full of sighs, overcome with tenderness, and filled with wondrous joy. The solemnities of Mass were celebrated over the manger, and the priest enjoyed a new consolation. According to St. Bonaventure, a miracle also occurred on that night, and someone noticed St. Francis holding the Christ Child. A certain valiant and veracious soldier… affirmed that he beheld an Infant marvelously beautiful, sleeping in the manger, whom the blessed Father Francis embraced with both his arms as if he would awake Him from sleep. The idea caught on quickly and in 1291 the first Franciscan pope (Nicholas IV) commissioned statues to create the first permanent Nativity scene in the Roman Basilica of St. Mary Major. Nativity scenes in all shapes and sizes have been created worldwide and are one of the most popular Christmas traditions.”

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“Nativity of St. Francis with the Holy Family - The Basilica of Santa Maria Degli Angeli Museum”… <br />
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“After visiting Bethlehem, St. Francis wanted to imitate the humble setting of Christ’s birth. In 1221, St. Francis had a novel idea. To celebrate the birth of Jesus, Francis wanted to recreate the experience of the first Christmas. He did not want statues inside a church, but with animals in a humble hilltop grove. St. Francis’ inspiration came after traveling to the Holy Land and seeing the exact site of Christ’s birth. The poverty of it deeply impacted Francis and was a particular element he wanted to celebrate at Christmas. ‘About 15 days before the Nativity of the Lord, he said to a friend in Greccio, For I would make a memorial of that Child who was born in Bethlehem, and in some sorts behold with bodily eyes His infant hardships; how He lay in a manger on the hay, with the ox and the ass standing by.’ There Simplicity was honored, Poverty exalted, Humility commended, and of Greccio there was made as it were a new Bethlehem. The night was lit up as the day and was delightful to men and beasts… St. Francis stood before the manger, full of sighs, overcome with tenderness, and filled with wondrous joy. The solemnities of Mass were celebrated over the manger, and the priest enjoyed a new consolation. According to St. Bonaventure, a miracle also occurred on that night, and someone noticed St. Francis holding the Christ Child. A certain valiant and veracious soldier… affirmed that he beheld an Infant marvelously beautiful, sleeping in the manger, whom the blessed Father Francis embraced with both his arms as if he would awake Him from sleep. The idea caught on quickly and in 1291 the first Franciscan pope (Nicholas IV) commissioned statues to create the first permanent Nativity scene in the Roman Basilica of St. Mary Major. Nativity scenes in all shapes and sizes have been created worldwide and are one of the most popular Christmas traditions.”

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