[14] The contradiction is so striking that the Bollandists have made of it the principal argument for defending the error in their manuscript (1 Cel., 75), and insisting in the face of, and against everything that Francis had taken that journey. A. SS., 607. [15] He died at Cahors, October 31, 1272. His legend is found in MS. Riccardi, 279, f^o. 69a. _Incipit vita f. Christophori quam compilavit fr. Bernardus de Bessa custodiae Caturcensis: Quasi vas auri solidum._ Cf. Mark of Lisbon, t. ii., pp. 106-113, t. iii., p. 212, and Glassberger, _An. fr._, t. ii., p. 14. [16] A. SS., Aprilis, t. iii., p. 224; _Conform._, 118b, 1; 54a; Mark of Lisbon, t. ii., p. 1--Brother Luke had been sent to Constantinople, in 1219, at latest. Vide _Constitutus_ of December 9, 1220. Sbaralea, _Bull. fr._, t. i., p. 6; Potthast, 6431. [17] We owe to M. Mueller (_Anfaenge_, p. 207) the honor of this publication, copied from a manuscript of the Cottoniana. [18] Giord., 8. [19] 1 Cel., 57; Bon., 133-138; 154 and 155; 2 Cel., 2, 2; _Conform._, 113b, 2; 114a, 2; _Spec._, 55b; _Fior._, 24. [20] _Conform._, 113b, 2; cf. A. SS., p. 611. [21] 2 Cel., 3, 92; _Spec._, 30b. Cf. 2 Cel., 3, 115. _Conform._, 142b, 1. This incident may possibly have taken place on the return. [22] With the facilities of that period the voyage required from twenty to thirty days. The _diarium_ of a similar passage may be found in Huillard-Breholles, _Hist. Dipl._, t. i., 898-901. Cf. _Ibid._, Introd., p. cccxxxi. [23] 2 Cel., 22; Bon 154, 155; cf. A. SS., p. 612. [24] Jacques de Vitry speaks only incidentally of Francis here in the midst of salutations; from the critical point of view this only enhances the value of his words. See the Study of the Sources, p. 428. [25] Vide below, the Study of the Sources, p. 430. [26] All this is related at length by Jacques de Vitry. [27] "Cil hom qui comenca l'ordre des Freres Mineurs, si ot nom frere Francois ... vint en l'ost de Damiate, e i fist moult de bien, et demora tant que la ville fut prise. Il vit le mal et le peche qui comenca a croistre entre les gens de l'ost, si li desplot, par quoi il s'en parti, e fu une piece en Surie, et puis s'en rala en son pais." Historiens des Croisades, ii. _L'Est de Eracles Empereur_, liv. xxxii., chap. xv. Cf. Sanuto; _Secreta fid. cruc._, lib. iii., p. xi., cap. 8, in Bongars. [28] Giord., Chron., 11-14. [29] The episode of Brother Leonard's complaints, related below, gives some probability to this hypothesis. [30] _Tribul._, Laur. MS., 9b. Cf. 10b: _Sepulcro Domini visitato festinat ad Christianorum terram_.