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Franciscan Sanctuary of Greccio

Franciscan Sanctuary of Greccio

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Franciscan Sanctuary of Greccio

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Location: Greccio, Rieti, Lazio, Italy

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1. Piazza Tacito, Terni – Greccio loop from Terni

52.9km

03:42

930m

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2. Greccio – Climb to the Forest loop from Rieti

50.9km

03:20

660m

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3. View of Monte Terminillo – Rieti Cycle Path loop from Rieti

52.7km

03:31

490m

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JakobusPilger

September 28, 2023

Above the town of Greccio, in the wooded hills of the Rieti Valley (located about halfway between Assisi and Rome), Saint Francis combined Christmas mass with a nativity scene on Christmas Eve 1223. In some depictions of this Christmas event there is a peculiarity: the baby Jesus is not lying in the manger or in his mother's lap, but is being taken in Francis's arms.
Even though Francis is often referred to as the founder of the European nativity scene tradition, there have also been nativity scenes before. But what was important to him was the vivid representation of the event - actually incomprehensible to the mind - that the great, infinite God becomes human. San Francesco connects the divine childhood of Jesus with the celebration of the Eucharist, in which the living God gives himself to us again - this time in the form of bread and wine.
“We have come to worship HIM” – that was the motto of the XX. World Youth Day, which was celebrated in Cologne in August 2005. Every Christmas picture, every nativity scene invites the viewer to follow this motto and to emulate the Three Wise Men (the first pilgrims to Christ), Francis of Assisi and all the saints.

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Valter Ballarini

December 3, 2019

It was built in 1288 to commemorate the first living nativity scene represented by Francis of Assisi in 1223. The complex includes the Franciscan monastery, the small church of San Francesco, the largest church of the Immaculate Conception and the hermitage of San Francesco.

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Franciscan Sanctuary of Greccio

1. Piazza Tacito, Terni – Greccio loop from Terni

2. Greccio – Climb to the Forest loop from Rieti

3. View of Monte Terminillo – Rieti Cycle Path loop from Rieti

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