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The stigmata of the Shaman: the myth of St. Francis of blood and magic


[Background] On September 24, 1224 Francis of Assisiricevette the stigmata of a Seraphim angel appeared to the mountain of La Verna.

But Verna was not uninhabited at the time, stood there in fact the most revered temple of the Roman goddess of the dead Laverna.

Francis climbed the steep ready to do anything to evangelize his devotees, even to take an extreme action.

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Eight Articles of Franciscan history to overturn the clichés about life 'immaculate' of Saint Francis: the rivalry with Chiara, political assassinations, the struggle against paganism.
After his first essay, The Wizard of Assisi , Andrea Armed condenses into a single book, the result of years of research on the Franciscan sources. [from the back cover]

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