The remains of St Francis of Assisi, one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints, went on public display on Sunday for the first time in almost eight centuries, an event expected to draw hundreds ...

The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.

Hundreds of pilgrims lined up before dawn on Sunday to be among the first to pray before the exposed relics of St. Francis in his basilica in Assisi, Italy.

St Francis of Assisi’s skeleton has been publicly displayed in Italy 800 years after his death, drawing huge crowds.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to come see the 13th century friar's remains.

The bones of Italy’s patron saint will be shown to the public for a month, to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.

Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the town is bracing for a huge crush of ...

ASSISI, Italy — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians ...

Nearly 400,000 people pre-registered to see the bones of St. Francis of Assisi in the hilltop town in Italy's Umbria. The ...

Assisi, Italy—Saint Francis of Assisi's skeleton is going on public display from Sunday for the first time for the 800th ...

Pilgrims will have yet another reason to visit the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, as the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who ...