created the Christmas story popular today. But the Nativity scene now recreated in town squares and churches worldwide was originally conceived by St. Francis of Assisi. Much of what scholars know ...
It was he who invented the first-known nativity scene, depicting the birth of Jesus in a manger. He first set it up at Greccio near Assisi around 1220 CE to celebrate Christmas. Most of us in ...
This description, subsequently cited in several medieval Christian texts, created the Christmas story popular today. But the Nativity scene now recreated in town squares and churches worldwide was ...