In 1223, St. Francis of Assisi, a deacon, was in Greccio, Italy for Christmas. He had recently visited the Holy Land, and wanted to inspire devotion in the villagers, and himself, for midnight Mass. We don’t know exactly how the Nativity scene was set up, but St. Bonaventure records the scene in this way: “It … Continue reading St. Francis & The First Nativity Scene