Christian saints -- Biography; Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
[11] _Decidit in acutam (febrem) quam cum multis diebus fovisset
nec a citris quibus in magna quantitatae et ex consuetudine
vescebatur ... minime abstineret ... ad ultimum in lethargia
prolapsus vitam finivit._ Alberic delle Tre Fontane, _loc. cit._
[12] Fresco in the great nave of the Upper Church of Assisi.
[13] 1 Cel., 32; 3 Soc., 47.
[14] Of the Colonna family; he died in 1216. Cf. 3 Soc., 61.
Vide Cardella, _Memorie storiche de' Cardinali_, 9 vols., 8vo,
Rome, 1792 ff., t. i., p. 177. He was at Rome in the summer of
1210, for on the 11th of August he countersigned the bull
_Religiosem vitam_. Potthast, 4061. Angelo Clareno relates the
approbation with more precision in certain respects: _Cum vero
Summo Pontifici ea quae postulabat [Franciscus] ardua valde et
quasi impossibilia viderentur infirmitate hominum sui temporis,
exhortabatur eum, quod aliquem ordinem vel regulam de approbatis
assumeret, at ipse se a Christo missum ad talem vitam et non
aliam postulandam constanter affirmans, fixus in sua petitione
permansit. Tunc dominus Johannes de Sancto Paulo episcopus
Sabinensis et dominus Hugo episcopus Hostiensis Dei spiritu moti
assisterunt Sancto Francisco et pro his quae petebat coram summo
Pontifice et Cardinalibus plura proposuerunt rationabilia et
efficacia valde. Tribul._ Laurentinian MS., f^o 6a. This
intervention of Ugolini is mentioned in no other document. It
is, however, by no means impossible. He also was in Rome in the
summer of 1210. (Vide Potthast, p. 462.)
[15] 1 Cel., 32 and 33; 3 Soc., 47 and 48. Cf. _An. Per._, A.
SS., p. 590.
[16] 1 Cel., 33.
[17] 3 Soc., 48.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account