Life of St. Francis of Assisi

by Paul Sabatier

[26.] 3 Soc., 56; 2 Cel., 1, 13; Bon., 24.

[27.] Bon., 30; 3 Soc., 30, 31; 2 Cel., 3, 52. Cf. Fior., 2. The dragon of this dream perhaps symbolizes heresy.

[28.] Bon., 83; 172; Fior., 1, 16; Conform., 49a, 1, and 110b, 1; 2 Cel., 3, 51.

[29.] Bernard de Besse, De laudibus, Turin MS., fo. 102b and 96a. He died November 15, 1271. A. SS., Augusti, t. ii., p. 221.

[30.] Fior., 8; Spec., 89b ff.; Conform., 30b, 2, and 140a, 2.

[31.] I need not here point out the analogy in form between this chapter and St. Paul's celebrated song of love, 1 Cor. xiii.

[32.] We find the same thoughts in nearly the same terms in cap. v. of the Verba sacræ admonitionis.

[33.] He is the second of the Three Companions. 3 Soc., 1; cf. 1 Cel., 95; Fior., 1; 29, 30, 31; Eccleston, 12; Spec., 110a-114b; Conform., 51b ff.; cf. 2 Cel., 2, 4.

[34.] Very probably that of the Carceri, though the name is not indicated Vide 3 Soc., 1; Fior., 4; 10; 11; 12; 13; 16; 27; 32; Conform., 51b, 1 ff; Tribul. Archiv., t. ii., p. 263.

[35.] Fior., 11; Conform., 50b, 2; Spec., 104a.