The Pope next called for Father Vincent, and went through nearly the same dialogue with him, and his list was
‘Father Philip, Father Felix, one old man, and one other.’
Then the Pope sent for St. Philip, and held the same discourse with him, and his list was
‘Father Vincent, Father Felix, one old man, and one other.’
And the Pope saw that their testimony agreed together, and that each out of humility had abstained from naming that he was one of the four.
But when the people heard the story, they all began demanding that the three fathers should be canonized.
[Concerning St. Philip’s devotion to the Portiuncula, Cancellieri, ‘Mercato,’ § xxi. note 7, records that he never missed attending it every August at the little Church of S. Salvatore, in Onda, near Ponte Sisto, now a hospice for infirm priests (he gives a curious inscription in note * * *), then in the hands of the Franciscans for many years, while he lived in the neighbouring Palazzo Caccia.]
[1] ‘Il Perdon di Asisi.’ The indulgences attached to visiting the Church of S. Maria degli Angeli near Asisi (otherwise called the Porziuncula), received this name on occasion of its consecration on the 1st and 2nd August, 1225. The visit on the anniversary became one of the most popular of Italian pilgrimages. [↑]
[2] San Felice di Cantaliccio, 1513–87, is a very popular saint among the Romans, for one reason because he was born of poor parentage. Though of low origin, and only a lay brother in his convent, he was frequently consulted by important people on account of his piety and prudence. St. Charles Borromeo took great note of his advice. He was a contemporary of St. Philip. [↑]