 A painter of frescoes and panels and, perhaps, designer of stained glass in the district around Perugia, the "Master of Saint Francis" was given this name by art historian Henry Thode in 1885 and is based on the title of a panel painting, "St. Francis with Angels", found in the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi.Much of the work attributed to him was part of the early phase in the decoration of Basilica of San Francesco of Assisi, including the fresco cycle in the nave of the Lower Church with five scenes from the "Passion of Christ" on the right wall and five scenes from the "Life of St Francis" on the left.