a city in the delegation of Perugia, in the papal territory of Italy. It contains 20 churches, 12 monasteries for begging friars, and about 4000 inhabitants, mostly poor, and depending for subsistence on the saintly devotees, who, to the number of many thousands, make annual pilgrimages to the cathedral, which contains the tomb of St Francis, the founder of the Franciscan order. Long. 12° 29'. E. Lat. 43° 4'. 22'. N.