Last Minute St.Francis of Assisi and the Hymn to the Sun

The extreme synthesis of the spiritual convictions of Francis of Assisi, its message of peace and harmony with the world and God, is contained in the marvellous Hymn to the Sun (Laudes Creaturarum), a touching edition of his religious conception. The most ancient code of the text is preserved in the Biblioteca Comunale of Assisi and is dated around the XIII century. The Hymn to the Sun, besides being a real poetic and religious manifesto of the Franciscan movement, is the first testimony of the religious poetry in Italian vernacular. Conceived as prayer for the monks and as a stimulation for the devotees, about the biographies we know that Francis also composed its music, as he often did for his Laudes, that he personally sang and that required to his monks to publicly perform.  

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