Christian saints -- Biography; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
[5] 2 Cel., 3, 97 and 98. The Conformities, 142a, 1, cite
textually 97 as coming from the _Legenda Antiqua_. Cf. _Spec._,
64b.--2 Cel., 3, 21. Cf. _Conform._, 171a, 1; _Spec._, 19b. See
especially Rule of 1221, _cap._ 7; Rule of 1223, _cap._ 5; the
Will and 3 Soc. 41. The passage, _liceat eis habere ferramenta
et instrumenta suis artibus necessaria_, sufficiently proves
that certain friars had real trades.
[6] A. SS., Aprilis, t. iii., pp. 220-248; _Fior. Vita
d'Egidio_; _Spec._, 158 ff; _Conform._, 53-60.
[7] Other examples will be found below; it may suffice to recall
here his sally: "The glorious Virgin Mother of God had sinners
for parents, she never entered any religious order, and yet she
is what she is!" A. SS., _loc. cit._, p. 234.
[8] The passage of the Will, _firmiter volo quod omnes
laborent_, ... has a capital importance because it shows Francis
renewing in the most solemn manner injunctions already made from
the origin of the Order. Cf. 1 Cel., 38 and 39; _Conform._,
219b. 1: _Juvabant Fratres pauperes homines in agris eorum et
ipsi dabant postea eis de pane amore Dei._ _Spec._, 34; 69. Vide
also _Archiv._, t. ii., pp. 272 and 299; Eccleston, 1 and 15; 2
Cel., 1, 12.
[9] _Nihil volebat proprietatis habere ut omnia plenius posset
in Domino possidere._ B. de Besse, 102a.
[10] Their concord and their joyous semblances
The love, the wonder and the sweet regard
They made to be the cause of holy thought.
DANTE: Paradiso, canto xi., verses 76-78. Longfellow's translation.
[11] _Amor factus ... castis eam, stringit amplexibus nec ad
horam patitur non esse muritus._ 2 Cel., 3, 1; cf. 1 Cel., 35;
51; 75; 2 Cel., 3, 128; 3 Soc., 15; 22; 33; 35; 50; Bon., 87;
_Fior._ 13.
[12] Bon., 93.--_Prohibuit fratrem qui faciebat coquinam ne
poneret legumina de sero in aqua calida quae debebat dare
fratribus ad manducandum die sequenti ut observaverint illud
verbum Evangelii: Nolite solliciti esse de crastino._ _Spec._,
15.
[13] 2 Cel., 3, 50.
[14] _Cap._, 21. Cf. _Fior., I. consid._, 18; 30; _Conform._,
103a, 2; 2 Cel., 3, 99; 100; 121. Vide Mueller, _Anfaenge_, p.
187.
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