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SUMMARY:San Francesco’s Transitus at 800 (1226-2026)
DESCRIPTION:"The most saintly among Italians\, the most Italian among the
  saints." San Francesco d’Assisi abounds in both the Church and popular 
 culture. The patron saint of Italy\, lover of the created world\, adhere
 nt of evangelical poverty. Pope Francis chose his papal name to honor hi
 m and entitled his 2015 encyclical Laudato si’ in a nod to the saint’s L
 audes creaturarum\; Claudio Baglioni\, Angelo Branduardi and other artis
 ts have adapted his words for popular music. And yet\, there are aspects
  of his life that are underestimated. In his 2025 book Francesco\, il pr
 imo italiano\, Aldo Cazzullo highlights one of those under-appreciated e
 lements: San Francesco’s italianità\, or Italianness. Cazzullo argues th
 at the saint known as alter Christus also represents a sort of proto-Ita
 lian. He is not the first to do so. Indeed\, during the Risorgimento\, a
 s Italian patriots sought out figures appropriate for the expression of 
 national sentiment\, the neo-Guelph intellectual Vincenzo Gioberti wrote
  of San Francesco in his Del primato morale e civile degli italiani (184
 3) that he is “il più amabile\, il più poetico e il più italiano de’ nos
 tri santi!” Six decades later\, Enrico Filiziani\, in an article for the
  Catholic journal La Vera Roma\, reproached those who might besmirch San
  Francesco: “Nessuno ardisca di toccare con indegno e vile pennello uno 
 dei capolavori della grazia! San Francesco resti\, quale ce lo presenta 
 la realtà\, il più santo fra gli Italiani\, il più Italiano fra i santi”
  (January 18\, 1903). 2026 marks the 800th anniversary of San Francesco’
 s Transitus\, his earthly death\, and the culmination of 18 months of of
 ficial celebrations\, which will also see the return of his feast day as
  an officially recognized federal holiday in Italy. Our symposium “San F
 rancesco’s Transitus at 800 (1226-2026): ‘The most saintly among Italian
 s\, the most Italian among the saints’” joins numerous other manifestati
 ons in Italy and around the world in recognition of the saint and aims t
 o explore San Francesco’s specific contributions to Italian culture\, la
 nguage\, literature\, history\, politics\, architecture\, and theology.\
 n\nMore info: https://calendar.udallas.edu/event/san-francescos-transitu
 s-at-800-1226-2026\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/4b1b031f-0dfd-46
 6e-b0bf-bf0fc4410b60
LOCATION:University of Dallas\, Irving\, TX
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/4b1b031f-0dfd-466e-b0bf-bf0fc4410b6
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