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  • Miraculous Crucifixes in Late Medieval Italy

  • Katherine L. Jansen
  • Journal:
    Studies in Church History / Volume 41 / 2005
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 March 2016, pp. 203-227
    Print publication:
    2005

  • In the year 1206, as Saint Francis was walking near the church of San Damiano, just outside the walls of Assisi, he was suddenly overcome by an urge to enter the dilapidated sanctuary. Upon entering, in the words of his first hagiographer,

    he fell down before the crucifix in devout and humble supplication; and smitten by unusual visitations, he found himself other than he had been when he entered. While he was thus affected, something unheard of before happened to him: the painted image of Christ crucified moved its lips and spoke. Calling him by name it said: ‘Francis, go repair my house, which as you see, is falling completely to ruin’.