St. Francis seeking approval from Pope Honorius III for his new order
This panel depicts St. Francis kneeling before Pope Honorius III, seated in his papal tiara amid a gathering of cardinals and fellow friars, with an attendant recording the moment in a book at the bottom of the scene.
The tile carries a legible inscription at the bottom, “S. Francisco prega em presença de Honorio III” (“St. Francis preaches in the presence of Honorius III”), confirming the subject directly.
This meeting marks a pivotal moment in his founding of the Franciscan order. Having gathered his followers, Francis traveled to Rome around 1209–1210 to seek the pope’s formal approval for his Rule of life, centered on poverty, humility, and preaching. Pope Honorius III’s eventual confirmation of the order secured the Franciscans’ place within the official structure of the Church, allowing the movement to grow well beyond Francis’s own lifetime.
A vision appears in the clouds above the scene, though its exact figures are not clearly identifiable at this resolution.
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