A Pilgrim’s Pause in Montefalco

They had grown accustomed to the sound of bells. For days, the small group of pilgrims had moved through Umbria’s hill towns, stepping from cool stone chapels into sunlit piazzas, from whispered prayers beneath vaulted ceilings into winding medieval streets. They had traced the lives of saints in fading frescoes, knelt before ancient altars, and […]