Vanessa Corcoran
Vanessa Corcoran is an author at Religion News Service.
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How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223
By Vanessa Corcoran — December 18, 2019
(The Conversation) — According to his biographer, St. Bonaventure, St. Francis was the first to commemorate the birth of Christ by assembling a manger scene, complete with a baby Jesus doll that was said to cry real tears.
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