Shortly after his profession, John was sent by the minister general to Mount La Verna in Tuscany, where St. Francis of Assisi had received the stigmata, and there he spent many years in solitude, penance and contemplation, receiving ecstasies and celestial visions.
Shortly after his profession, John was sent by the Minister General of the Order to Mount La Verna in Tuscany, where St. Francis of Assisi had received the stigmata. There he spent many years in solitude, penance and contemplation, receiving ecstasies and celestial visions.