Life of St. Francis of Assisi

by Paul Sabatier

[4.] Parti san Francesco per Monte-Acuto prendendo la via di Monte-Arcoppe e del foresto. This road from the Verna to Borgo San-Sepolero is far from being the shortest or the easiest, for instead of leading directly to the plain it lingers for long hours among the hills. Is not all Francis in this choice?

[5.] 2 Cel., 3, 41; Bon., 141; Fior. iv. consid.

[6.] 1 Cel., 63 and 64; Fior. iv. consid.

[7.] 1 Cel., 70; Fior. iv. consid.

[8.] 1 Cel., 109; 69; Bon. 208. Perhaps we must refer to this circuit the visit to Celano. 2 Cel., 3, 30; Spec., 22; Bon., 156 and 157.

[9.] 1 Cel., 97 and 98; 2 Cel., 3, 137; Bon., 205 and 206.

[10.] Richard of St. Germano, ann. 1225. Cf. Potthast, 7400 ff.

[11.] 1 Cel., 98 and 99; 2 Cel., 3, 137; Fior., 19.

[12.] 2 Cel., 3, 110; Rule of 1221, cap. 10.

[13.] See the reference to the sources after the Canticle of the Sun.