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Porziuncola is a small Catholic church...

located within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi... 

in the frazione [gehucht] of Santa Maria degli Angeli, situated about 4km from Assisi.

It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started.

The name of the city... 

was used by the Spanish Franciscan missionaries as the name of 'Los Angeles'...

now one of the largest cities of the United States.

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Porziuncola is the most sacred place of the various Franciscan Orders. 

St. Francis of Assisi himself died here. 

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