The photo on this blog is of Isola San Francesco del Deserto in the Venice lagoon. I spend a lot of time in Venice and one day during the summer, we went out in our little boat for a lovely lunch at Maddalena on Mazzorbo in the Venice lagoon. On the way back we decided to visit the island of del Desterto. Four of us were shown around the monastery where, apparently, St Francis spent some time. We were shown around by a most agreeable old monk who then took us round the island. It’s only very small so it didn’t take long. As we were leaving, we hadn’t gone a hundred yards when a fish leapt into the boat…it is said that fish obeyed St Francis!
Miracle?
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