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The General Chapters of Assisi were general chapters of the Franciscan order held in 1269, 1279, 1304, 1316, 1334, 1339, 1354, and 1367.

General Chapter of 1269
"In the year of the Lord 1269 or thereabouts this General celebrated a general chapter in Assisi. The chapter decreed that, in honour of the Virgin, every Saturday the friars were to sing a solemn Mass. The friars were also to preach to the people in Her honour, and when the people heard the ringing of the bell at Compline, they were to salute several times the same Virgin. The same chapter decreed that the friars were not to use pewter bowls at table, or to drink from glass goblets in the friary."

General Chapter of 1279
Girolamo Masci, the future Pope Nicholas IV, called the General Chapter of Assisi on 21 May 1279. This Chapter revised the Constitutions of Narbonne, and elected Bonagratia Tielci as General Minister of the order.

General Chapter of 1304
Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle held the General Chapter of Assisi in 1304, which elected Gonsalvus of Spain as General of the order.

General Chapter of 1334
A General Chapter was held in Assisi on 15 May 1334. "In the aforementioned year, namely 1334, a general chapter was celebrated in Assisi. During this chapter certain novelties that we have referred to previously, and the ceremonies introduced during the chapter of Perpignan, were revoked, and the reception of the friars in the Order and their form of profession was again established according to the old form."

General Chapter of 1339
Gerard Eudes held a General Chapter in Assisi in 1339.

General Chapter of 1354
A General Chapter was held in Assisi on 1 June 1354, which published a set of Constitutions.

"In the year of the Lord 1354 a general chapter was celebrated in Assisi. During the same chapter the friars greatly feared that the privilege given to brother Gentile would create a division within the Order. So they wanted to go to the lord Pope and during a public consistory present the dangers and disadvantages that would result from such a privilege."

General Chapter of 1367
The General Chapter of Assisi in 1367 elected Thomas of Bologna as General of the order.