Porziuncola is a small church located within the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli about 2 miles from Assisi, Umbria, Italy. It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started.
It is the church that St Francis rebuilt after misunderstanding God's command to "rebuild His Church."
The name Porziuncola (meaning "small portion") was first mentioned in a document from 1045.
There is an indulgence connected to this feast.
The norms and grants of indulgences were reformed by Pope Paul VI after the Second Vatican Council in his Apostolic Constitution Indulgentiarum Doctrina (1967).
According to the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, the complete list of all recognized indulgences for the Catholic Church, Catholics may gain a plenary indulgence on August 2 (the Portiuncula) or on such other day as designated by the local bishop, if he or she has visited any church (originally only a Franciscan church) and there received Reconciliation and Eucharist, offered prayers for the intentions of the Pope, prayed the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, a Glory Be and the Creed.
To gain this, as any plenary indulgence, the Faithful must be free from any attachment to sin, even venial sin. Where this entire detachment is lacking, the indulgence is partial.
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