Saint Francis, the Itinerant Saint: A Saint for This Millennium
by Roberta Morosini, PhD
by Roberta Morosini, PhD
🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 3rd
⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 St. Paul the Apostle – Parish Center (JCPC)
📍 St. Paul the Apostle – Parish Center (JCPC)
On the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis’s death (1226–2026), this lecture invites us on a journey through images to rediscover Francis as a saint on the road, as Dante also portrays him in the Divine Comedy. For Francis, the imitation of Christ takes two forms: sharing in his Passion, made visible in the stigmata, and following Christ on the road, crossing boundaries and encountering others. In 1219, during the Crusades, he crosses the Mediterranean to meet the Sultan in Egypt, carrying the Gospel with him. His courage to move, to encounter the other, and to enter into dialogue makes him a saint for this millennium.
Dr. Roberta Morosini is a Professor in UCLA’s Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. Prior to coming to UCLA, she was Professor of Italian at the Universita L’Orientale di Napoli and Chair of Italian Culture at UC Berkeley.
