"Walk With a Saint" a Assisi Travel Page by rexvaughan

Assisi's main, if not only, claim to fame is that it is St. Francis' hometown. Probably one of the most popular saints in the history of the Church, Francis left his life of relative comfort here and began to wander the streets as a poor man preaching love and the humble life. Just walking the streets of this little city is amazing because you know this holy man was here. G. K. Chesterton described a seminal event in Francis' life when a beggar had sought alms from him while Francis was bargaining with a local merchant. When finished with the merchant, Chesterton says "Francis leapt from his booth ... running, he threaded the labyrinth of the narrow and crooked streets of the little town, looking for the beggar ... and loaded that astonished mendicant with money." Walking these streets puts you on the same stage where Francis lived.