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ROME, ITALY - 26 March 2014: Behind a metal screen is a stone that St. Francis is said to have used as a pillow to lean against as he slept in a sitting position in the cell (such stones were considered holy in medieval Christianity), in the cell St. Francis in the 800-years old church of St. Francis at Ripa, in Rome, Italy, on March 13th 2014.
When St. Francis used to come to Rome between 1209 and 1223 to meet the Pope Innocenzo III, he lived in a small room (or cell) and assisted lepers. After eight centuries the cell requires substantial restoration, yet the church does not have the $125,000 needed for the project, so they have launched a 30-day online fundraising campaign, using the “crowd funding” website, Kickstarter.
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