Number 6 in our series on the places where Francis walked and lived. Some of us have had the opportunity to visit these places in person. Some of us have only visited in pictures. Let us all go there together in our hearts as we remember our Seraphic Father. CASA GUALDI & S. RUFINO The- service of Francis to the lepers. About half-way down the road that leads from Assisi to the Portiuncula on the right there stands the Casa Gualdi - a large, fairly expensive looking villa type building. In front of this place used to run the Via Francesca, the road from Rome to France. Here stood the 13th century leprosarium San Salvador of the Walls. In the Middle Ages the law required anyone with the disease to live apart from society in such places. This exile was even conducted within a religious ceremony in which the leper received his distinctive dress and bell and confided to the mercy of God and charity of the people. So, it has to be near here that Francis had one of the most liberating experiences of his life .... he overcame his fears and embraced a leper. From this spot he looked up and gave his final blessing to his beloved city of Assisi. franciscanfriarstor/archive/stfrancis/stf_assisi_italy.htm
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