By Mauro Battocchi

It's hidden in plain sight, but it is immense and undeniable. There's a fundamental thing about the connection between San Francisco and Italy: the City's name. San Francisco, St. Francis San Francesco from Assisi is the saint patron of my homeland.

At the same time, this holy man revered globally within many cultures and religious traditions, is seen by several San Franciscans as a symbol of the City's values – those "dangerous San Francisco values like compassion, justice, and a living wage", as The Peter B. Collins Show used to say.

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Fonte: San Francisco, Italy