Custody of the Holy Land
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The Custody of the Holy Land is a custodian priory of the Order of Friars Minor in Jerusalem, founded as the Province of the Holy Land in 1217 by Saint Francis of Assisi, who had also founded the Fran
Coat of arms of the Custody of the Holy Land
Oldest known portrait in existence of Saint Francis of Assisi, who founded the Order of Friars Minor and its Custody of the Holy Land, dating back to his retreat to Subiaco (1223–1224); depicted without the stigmata.
Saint Francis before Sultan Al-Kamil of Egypt, witnessing the trial by fire (wall fresco, Giotto)
Franciscan monks during the procession on the Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre(2006).
Monastery of Saint Saviour
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The Monastery of Saint Saviour is a Franciscan monastery housing the headquarters of the Custody of the Holy Land and located on 1 Saint Francis Street, east of the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusal
Custody of the Holy Land
…declared by two papal bulls as the official custodians of the Holy Places in the name of the Catholic Church. The Custody headquarters are located in the Monastery of Saint Saviour, a 16th-century Franciscan monastery near the New Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The office can bestow—only to those entering its office—the Jerusalem…
Clock tower of the Monastery of Saint Saviour