Sella  Pacifico                                      ,
                                      
                    San Francesco e l’incontro con il sultano d’Egitto rivisitazione storica per una rilettura dei rapporti con l’Islam, 
                       
                   
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                       Antonianum, 80/3 (2005) p. 485-498 
                   
                                      
                                      
                   
                   
                                      
                   
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	Summary: The author proposes to read some historical facts of St Franci’s experience – his journey to Egypt with the pilgrims of the Fifth Crusade and the encounter with the Sultan – as a basis of the crisis which brought the Saint of Assisi to review his relationship with non-Christians. This understanding is needed to read what S. Francis writes in the chapter XVI of his first Rule; the fundamental traits of the Franciscan missionary endeavour, humble and authentic Christian witness. 
 
                
               
                              
                              
                            
                            
                                                        
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