HOARD OF GOLD
There is something rather odd about tlie news that a hoard of gold has been found in the monastery in Assisi, says a correspondent. It is understood that a workman dislodged a brick over a gateway, and that instantly a cataract of gold came tumbling out. There were scores of gold coins, and when the workman looked into the cell he saw that the floor was covered with gold. All this is odd, because wealth is the last thing we associate with St. Francis. It was be who, taking the vow of poverty long years ago, turned his back on the riches which might have been his, and dedicated himself to a life of service for which there was to be no reward save the joy of preaching. To find that the monastery of St. Francis should have protected all this gold is startling, but the explanation seems to be that the money was bidden during the invasion of Italy by the French.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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166HOARD OF GOLD Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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