a city in the delegation of Perugia, in the papal territory of Italy. It contains about 5000 inhabitants, depending chiefly for subsistence on the devotees, who, to the number of many thousands, make annual pilgrimages to the cathedral. This cathedral contains the tomb of St Francis, the founder of the Franciscan order. The poet Metastasio was born here in 1698. Long. 12. 24. 50. E. Lat. 43. 4. 22. N.