The Portiuncula (the Little Portion)

The original Portiuncula in Assisi, Italy. It is home to all Franciscans.

St. Francis was very happy that this place had been given to the brothers because the church bore the name of the Mother of Christ, because it was very poor, and also because of its name Portiuncula. The fact that it was called the church of the Portiuncula was indeed a presage that it would become the mother and head of the Order of the poor lesser brothers. The church had been given the name Portiuncula because the aforesaid place where the church had been built had already been called the Portiuncula for a very long time.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Perugia - 8

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