The Saint Francis' Walk 

“And the tall, black, mysterious Verna enters history from this aerial eagle's nest carved out of the rock”

This quote by Monsignor Antonio Tani (from “San Francesco nel Montefeltro”, 1926), recalls the event that is at the origin of the Way. In the town of San Leo (ancient Mons Feretri), St Francis was gifted Mount La Verna by Count Orlando Catani of Chiusi in Casentino on 8 May 1213. It is also where he received his stigmata in 1224 and where the sanctuary, one of the main sites in Franciscan history, now stands.

Upcoming events on the path

San Francesco Fest, in San Leo 3 and 4 May

"Abitare la casa comune", dialogues on the encyclical "Laudato Sii" in Pennabilli Sunday 4 May

As part of the "Cammini Aperti" initiative promoted by the Ministry of Tourism

• Saturday 10 May in Sant’Agata Feltria: an excursion between history, spirituality and inclusion
• Saturday 10 May in Oasi di Torriana - Montebello 
• Sunday 11 May in the woods of Monte Fumaiolo, at the Hermitage of Sant’Alberico and at the Source of the Tiber