St. Francis of Assisi

Find St. Francis’s tomb in Assisi and visit places connected with Franciscan prayer, preaching, pilgrimage, and devotion.

Feast: October 4c. 1181–12264 connected places4 countries

The story

Francis of Assisi moved from the ambitions of a merchant’s son toward a life of poverty, penance, fraternity, and service to the poor. His witness gave rise to the Franciscan family and a spiritual tradition marked by the Gospel, peace, humility, and care for creation.

Assisi remains the essential center because it preserves his tomb and the landscape of his life. Shrines elsewhere show how Franciscan devotion traveled across cultures; they are devotional descendants, not substitutes for the historical places in Umbria.

How to read this pilgrimage

Begin with the tomb and places of Francis’s life in Assisi, then treat international shrines as evidence of the worldwide Franciscan tradition and local popular devotion.

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us.

On the map

Places connected with St. Francis of Assisi

Every card states the recorded relationship so a tomb, lifetime place, relic, and later devotional shrine are not presented as interchangeable claims.

Shrine · Canindé, Brazil

Basilica Sanctuary of St. Francis of the Wounds

patron and focus of the shrine; not a tomb

The local feast emphasizes the stigmata and Franciscan spirituality.

Saint Tomb · Assisi, Italy

Basilica of St. Francis

tomb

Buried in the crypt beneath the Lower Basilica.

Shrine · Cheras, Malaysia

Church of St. Francis of Assisi — Hilltop Way of the Cross

Patron and focus of the parish's Franciscan spirituality

An active suburban parish whose hillside Stations, Portiuncula Chapel, and saint relics sustain one of Kuala Lumpur's clearest destination pilgrimages, especially in Lent and Holy Week.

Monastery · Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Convent and Church of San Francisco de Valdediós

traditional pilgrimage and foundation association

Local Franciscan tradition connects the foundation with St. Francis’s pilgrimage to Santiago in 1214.