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200 lire Praise for Bodily Death single
Object Details
- Description
- A set of six stamps was issued on March 10, 1977, to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis founded the Order of Friars Minor, the Poor Clares, and the Third Order. His conversion, which occurred around 1205, forced him to sever relations with his father and renounce his possessions. He established a religious order with his followers near Assisi, and his teachings emphasized fraternal charity, poverty, and nature in his teachings. St. Francis died at S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi in 1226, and Pope Gregory IX canonized him in 1228. In the same year, the cornerstone was laid for the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi. In 1230, the remains of St. Francis were interred there.
- The stamps feature six subjects taken from pictures by the artist Duilio Cambellotti, who was inspired by verses from "The Canticle of Brother Sun" by St. Francis. The stamps are horizontal in format. They measure 40 x 30 mm and are perforated 14 x 13 1/4. Printing was in sheets of forty by the rotogravure process on white glossy paper by the Italian State Polygraphic Institute. The total printing amounted to 1,250,000 complete sets.
- Reference:
- Vatican Philatelic Society. "Saint Francis of Assisi." Vatican Notes 25, no. 5 (March-June 1977): 1-2.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- March 10, 1977
- Object number
- 2008.2009.595
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink(multicolored)
- Place
- VATICAN CITY (independent city state)
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Vatican City 612
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_2008.2009.595
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- Usage conditions apply
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