San Francesco d'Assisi, Church building in Cosenza, Italy

San Francesco d'Assisi is a church and adjoining monastery founded in 1217, standing at 273 metres above sea level on Piazza Marco Berardi in the Giostra Vecchia quarter of Cosenza's historic centre. Its plan is a Latin cross with three naves; the presbytery holds a tall wooden altar built in 1700, above which hangs Daniele Russo's painting of the Perdono d'Assisi dated 1618.

The church and adjoining monastery were founded in 1217, making them among the oldest religious monuments in Cosenza after the Duomo. The interior holds works spanning centuries: an early 15th-century panel of San Francesco di Paola in the sacristy, frescoes of the same period on its walls, and pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries. The wooden high altar in the presbytery was built in 1700.

The left nave holds the altar of the Madonna della Febbre with a 16th-century marble Madonna and Child, derived from the one in San Domenico. The right nave opens the 18th-century chapel of Santa Caterina, where the confraternity of the same name once gathered. The sacristy cabinet shows scenes of the Passion of Christ and figures of Franciscan saints and friars.

The church stands on Piazza Marco Berardi in the Giostra Vecchia quarter of Cosenza's historic centre, at 273 metres above sea level. The adjoining convent now houses Calabria's conservation laboratory for environmental, artistic and historical heritage, and its cloister holds a collection of artworks, frescoes and sculptures.

The adjoining convent now houses Calabria's conservation laboratory for environmental, artistic and historical heritage, and its cloister holds a collection of artworks, frescoes and sculptures. Visitors often walk past it to reach the church without realising the monastery is a working conservation centre.