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Landkreis Aschaffenburg

Bessenbach

St. Francis of Assisi Statue on the Way to Schmerlenbach

Landkreis Aschaffenburg

Bessenbach

St. Francis of Assisi Statue on the Way to Schmerlenbach

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St. Francis of Assisi Statue on the Way to Schmerlenbach

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Location: Bessenbach, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Heiko Edelmann

January 4, 2020

Beautiful stone statue of St. Francis on the street of the same name in the direction of the Schmerlenbach pilgrimage church

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JakobusPilger

August 8, 2022

One of the few saints who is also highly valued outside of Christianity is San Francesco, known in the German-speaking world as Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in Assisi in 1181/82 and died as early as 1226. In his youth, the son of wealthy parents, he was more of a bon vivant, but later he turned to Christ. In the half-ruined little church of San Damiano, on the hillside outside the city walls of Assisi, he was praying one day and heard the voice of Christ coming down from the cross, urging him to “rebuild his church”. At first he took this request literally and restored the church building, later he came to realize that this is primarily about the church as the community of believers.
Francis became a role model for many people, they joined him and the "Order of the Friars Minor" (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) of Francis of Assisi came into being. Today in the broad Franciscan religious family there are three male branches: the Franciscans, the Minorites and the Capuchins; and two females: the Franciscans and the Poor Clares. In addition, there is the "Third" or "Secular" order, which women and men who do not take the classic vows of the order (poverty, chastity and obedience) and continue to live in their family and their profession can join.

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Location: Bessenbach, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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St. Francis of Assisi Statue on the Way to Schmerlenbach

1. View from Hommelshorn – Schmerlenbach Monastery loop from Keilberg

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