Satellite events
Francis the jester of God
Sunday, October 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., at Villa Ciani (Lugano).
An afternoon of music with the group Murmur Mori, organized as part of the festival Cantar di Pietre.
Francesco and the Perfect Robe: A Journey Through Fabrics and Images
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at the Salita dei Frati Library (Lugano).
Lecture by Alessandro Tosi and Lorenzo Cantoni, co-curators of the exhibition (in Italian).
Francesco d’Assisi (1226-2026).
800 years of holiness
Wednesday 14 October 2026, at 1700, at the Everest Academy Lugano.
Conference featuring presentations by Lorenzo Cantoni, Flavio Keller and Marco Meschini (in Italian).
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
The movie
Friday 16 October 2026, at 8.30 pm, at the Cinema Iride in Lugano,
Screening of Franco Zeffirelli’s masterpiece movie, preceded by a presentation by Prof. Armando Fumagalli, of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (the presentation will be in Italian, while the movie will be in English, with Italian subtitles).
Francesco’s habit
between nudity and uniform
Monday 16 November 2026, at 1800, at the USI Auditorium – University of Italian Switzerland.
A talk by Professor Lorenzo Cantoni, part of the lecture series Myths and Pitfalls of Identity, curated by Stefano Prandi (in Italian).
