Gubbio

Gubbio, the first city in early 1207, the Poor Man welcomes not judging him crazy, but admiring his virtues and recognizing him as a man sent from God that winter, Francesco, came to St. Peter Port (now Porta Vittoria) goes without hesitation to the house of Spadalonga in market Square, where he is greeted warmly, refreshed and covered with a tunic made of coarse cloth and poor, of color gray, which will be the first suit Franciscan Order. From there he began his life as a "new man" coming up to people in need. It 'possible that Francesco chose Gubbio for the presence of many hospitals, hospices and places of reception of the poor, the existence of which indicated the singular "piety" of Gubbio. The hospital where Francis nurses the lepers of St. Lazarus is a few hundred meters from the Church of Victorina which, together with the churches of San Francesco and San Francesco della Pace is one of the most charming and beloved of the Franciscan.

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