The Portiuncula is a small chapel in Assisi, now enclosed by the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli. A legend says hermits from the Valley of Josaphat built it under Pope Liberius, but it is traceable with certainty only to 1645. Around 1211, the abbot of Saint Benedict of Monte Subasio gave it to Francis of Assisi.
The chapel measures about 18 by 10.5 feet (5.5 by 3.2 m) and is built of rough squared stones from Mount Subasio. The article calls it simple Gothic, with 14th- and 15th-century frescoes and a small belfry. It holds Perugino's Crucifixion, from about 1485.
Pope Pius V ordered the surrounding buildings removed, except the cell where Francis died. The article dates the extension of the indulgence to August 5, 1480 or 1481 and says its authenticity is disputed.
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