VITA DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI | 1973 | LUIGI SALVATORELLI

In Vita di San Francesco d’Assisi, Luigi Salvatorelli offers a refined historical-biographical study of San Francesco d’Assisi, tracing his life from the youthful years in Assisi through his radical choice of poverty, his foundational role in the mendicant movement and his poetic embrace of creation and humanity. By blending rigorous scholarship on medieval church and society with accessible narrative, Salvatorelli presents the figure of Francesco as both a product of his time and a lasting spiritual icon. The text engages with the themes of poverty, fraternity, religious reform, and the interplay between the sacred and the social, offering readers insight into Francis’s significance in ecclesiastical history and his enduring cultural impact.