Portiunkula Church

As Portiunkulakirche in line are the Portiunculakapelle in Assisi , the place of death of St. Francis of Assisi some churches called. The name is based on the historical Portiuncula indulgence (Perdono d'Assisi) , which was due to all Franciscan churches from 1480 , later also to other religious churches ( Capuchins , Minorites ), and the subsequent replicas of the chapel in Assisi. Festive day is the 1st / 2nd August (Portiuncula Festival, noon to noon).

Examples:

• St. Franziskus Church in Miesbach , Upper Bavaria

• Parish and pilgrimage church Maria Gugging in Lower Austria
• Windhaag Portiunkulakirche , former church in Windhaag near Perg, Upper Austria

• Porziuncola Chapel in the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi , San Francisco