Christian saints -- Biography; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
[4] Thomas of Celano's list. 1, _Quidam pium gerens animum_; 2,
_Bernardus_; 3, _Vir alter_; 4, _AEgidius_; 5, _Unus alius
appositus_; 6, _Philippus_; 7, _Alius bonus vir_; 8, 9, 10, 11,
_Quatuor boni et idonei viri_. 1 Cel., 24, 25, 29, 31. The
Rinaldi-Amoni text says nothing of the last four. Three
Companions: 1, _Bernardus_; 2, _Petrus_; 3, _AEgidius_; 4,
_Sabbatinus_; 5, _Moritus_; _Johannes Capella_; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
Disciples received by the brethren in their missions. 3 Soc.,
33, 35, 41, 46, 52. Bonaventura: 1, _Bernardus_; 2, ... 3,
_AEgidius_; 4, 5, ... 6, _Silvestro_; 7, _Alius bonus viri_; 8,
9, 10, 11, _Quatuor viri honesti_. Bon., 28, 29, 30, 31, 33. The
Fioretti, while insisting on the importance of the twelve
Franciscan apostles, cite only six in their list: Giovanni di
Capella, Egidio, Philip, Silvestro, Bernardo, and Rufino.
_Fior._, 1. We must go to the Conformities to find the
traditional list, f^o 46b 1: 1, _Bernardus de Quintavalle_; 2,
_Petrus Chatanii_; 3, _Egidius_; 4, _Sabatinus_; 5, _Moricus_;
6, _Johannes de Capella_; 7, _Philippus Longus_; 8, _Johannes de
Sancto Constantio_; 9, _Barbarus_; 10, _Bernardus de
Cleviridante_ (sic); 11, _Angelus Tancredi_; 12, _Sylvester_. As
will be seen, in the last two documents twelve disciples are in
question, while in the preceding ones there are only eleven.
This is enough to show a dogmatic purpose. This list reappears
exactly in the _Speculum_, with the sole difference that Francis
being there included Angelo di Tancrede is the twelfth brother
and Silvestro disappears. _Spec._, 87a.
[5] According to tradition, the five _compagni del Santo_ buried
there beside their master are Bernardo, Silvestro, William (an
Englishman), Eletto, and Valentino(?)
[6] 3 Soc., 46; 1 Cel., 32; Bon., 34.
[7] 1 Cel., 33; 3 Soc., 53; Bon., 35.
[8] St. Ludgarde (1182-1246) sees him condemned to Purgatory
till the Last Judgment. Life of this saint by Thomas of Catimpre
in Surius: _Vitae SS._ (1618), vi., 215-226.
[9] _Vir clari ingenii, magnae probitatis et sapientiae, cui
nullus secundus tempore suo:_ Rigordus, _de gestis Philippi
Augusti_ in Duchesne. _Historiae Francorum scriptores coaetanei_,
t. v., p. 60.--_Nec similem sui scientia, facundia, decretorum
et legum perititia, strenuitate, judiciorum nec adhuc visus est
habere sequentem._ Cf. Mencken, _Script. rer. Sax._, Leipzig,
1728, t. iii., p. 252. _Innocentius, qui vere stupor mundi erat
et immutator saeculi._ Cotton, _Hist. Anglicana_, Luard, 1859, p.
107.
[10] _Cujus finis laetitiem potius quam tristitiam generavit
subjectis._ Alberic delle Tre Fontane. Leibnitz, _Accessiones
historicae_, t. ii., p. 492.
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