The Last Leper Colony

    While reading about St. Francis of Assisi, I came across a reference to a town in Romania that supposedly is the last remaining leper colony.  St. Francis himself worked with lepers.

     A documentary was made about the town, as explained in this article: https://www.rferl.org/a/1103589.html

     Interesting to note that Francis was a well to do young man before he turned to being a monastic life.  He received stigmata, as seen in this painting.