Golden crypt of Padre Pio: mosaics of the life of St. Francis of Assisi

 

 

 

 

An angel plays music for St. Francis

 

 

 

 

St. Francis and St. Claire

 

 

 

 

St. Francis with Saladin

 

 

 

 

St. Francis transforms water in wine

 

 

 

St. Francis, his friars, and the chariot of fire

 

 

 

 

St. Francis brings bread to a fasting friar

 

 

 

 

St. Francis sends the friars preaching

 

 

 

 

St. Francis tempted by the devil

 

 

 

St. Francis at the entrance of St. Michael's shrine

 

 

 

St. Francis at St. Damian's church

 

 

 

St. Francis renounces to his possessions

 

 

 

St. Francis embraces the leper

 

 

 

 

The Baptism of St. Francis

 

 

           Padre Pio's first class relics, with certificates of authenticity 

 

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