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San Francesco, Assisi - Lower Church |
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This small chapel is one of a sequence of passageways behind the buttresses on the north side that acted as a side aisle for pilgrims. It links the chapel of the Santa Maria Maddelena and Sant'Antonio da Padova. |
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Perhaps the most unexpected feature here, for
English visitors particularly, is the tomb of Hugh of Hartlepool, above
right. He
was a Franciscan bigwig, being provincial
Minister of England; he died in 1302 while on a diplomatic mission to the
Pope. Another view of his tomb is below. The fresco below is on the back wall - it is much faded, and difficult to read. |
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The dedication of the chapel requires some sorting out. There are
at least six saints called Valentine; this chapel is dedicated to
Valentine of Narni, a 14th century Franciscan who, it seems, was beatified
but may have not have been canonised, so 'saint' is overstating the case,
and he is definitely nothing to do with romantic billets doux. The image of him
above is a fresco from the chapel. Does the photograph of John Paul II (Canonised in 2014) suggest that the dedication of the chapel may have changed? |
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