On the Road with Francis of Assisi (33 page)

SOURCE NOTES

Brother Thomas of Celano wrote four works on St. Francis, three of which I use in the book. The first,
The Life of St. Francis,
is abbreviated in the notes as 1C; the second,
The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul,
is abbreviated as 2C; the third,
The Treatise on the Miracles,
is abbreviated as 3C.

I use three sources for Celano:
Saint Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
translated from the Latin by Placid Hermann, O.F.M., and published in 1963 by the Franciscan Herald Press; Marion A. Habig, O.F.M., ed.,
St. Francis of Assisi, Writings and Early Biographies: English Omnibus of the Sources for the Life of St. Francis,
also published by the Franciscan Herald Press, in 1973; and its successor,
Francis of Assisi: Early Documents,
a stunning three-volume, 2,362-page anthology of Franciscan documents—vol. 1,
The Saint;
vol. 2,
The Founder;
and vol. 3,
The Prophet—
published by New City Press between 1999 and 2001.

The thirteenth- and fourteenth-century recollections of Francis—the
Legend of the Three Companions,
the
Legend of Perugia,
the
Anonymous of Perugia,
the
Assisi Compilation,
the
Kinship of St. Francis,
and
A Mirror of the Perfection—
all appear in the
English Omnibus
and/or
Early Documents.

The Little Flowers of St. Francis
is cited in the 1958 book by the same name and in
Early Documents,
vol. 3, as the Deeds of Blessed Francis and His Companions. Similarly, the book
The Life of St. Francis
by St. Bonaventure, edited by Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, appears in
Early Documents,
vol. 2, as the Major and Minor Legends of St. Francis by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio.

1. M
OZART
A
MONG THE
G
IOTTOS

A stern German bishop . . . : Buckley et al.,
Tuscany and Umbria: The Rough Guide,
p. 498.

“of a decoration . . .”: Desbonnets,
Assisi,
p. 104.

“medium height, closer to shortness”: 1C-83,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 74.

her biography:
The Life of St. Clare Virgin,
p. 18.

“cheerful countenance”: 1C-83,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 74.

born here—in a stable: Desbonnets,
Assisi,
p. 24.

“dark cellar”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 17, p. 907.

“He would use only . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 2,
English Omnibus,
p. 891.

“He was the admiration . . .”: 1C-2,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 6.

“while I was in sin”: Testament,
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works,
p. 154.

“And what is no less to be admired . . .”: 1C-82,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 73.

“strong, sweet . . .”: 1C-83, ibid., p. 74.

The cathedral’s piazza was ablaze . . . : Green:
God’s Fool,
p. 46.

2. L
OST IN
P
ERUGIA

“interfered with his words,” et cetera: 2C-37,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 169.

“I shall send them all . . .”: Green,
God’s Fool,
p. 178.

“His grieving companions resented . . .” et cetera: 2C-4, ibid., p. 138.

“he went outside one day . . .”: 1C-3, ibid., pp. 7, 8.

“freed from his chains” et cetera: 2C-5, ibid., p. 139.

“Upon hearing this . . .”: 1C-4, ibid., p. 8.

“raised his spirits . . .” et cetera: 1C-5, ibid., p. 9.

3. T
HE
M
ISSING
L
ETTER IN
S
POLETO

“The Lord,” et cetera: 2C-6,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 140.

Letter to Brother Leo:
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works,
p. 47.

“The world was tasteless . . .”: 2C-94,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 215.

“He was chosen . . . ,” et cetera: 2C-7, ibid., p. 141.

“Francis, do you wish to get married?” et cetera: 1C-7, ibid., pp. 11, 12.

“in a certain grotto,” et cetera: 1C-6, ibid., p. 10.

a “humpbacked and deformed woman . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 12,
English Omnibus,
p. 901.

“inopportune ideas”: Ibid., p. 902.

“Consequently, when he came out again . . .”: 1C-6,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 11.

“his heart was aglow . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 12,
English Omnibus,
p. 902.

“He was already a benefactor . . .”: Ibid., no. 8, p. 897.

“He would give his belt . . .”: Ibid.

“new ardor which was taking possession . . .”: No. 12, p. 902.

4. T
HE
O
LD
R
OME

“Astounded when he came . . .”: 2C-8,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 142.

“He put off his fine garments . . .”: Ibid.

“Many times he would have done . . .”: Ibid.

begging for alms himself: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 10,
English Omnibus,
p. 899.

“Considering himself one of them . . .”: 2C-8,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 142.

“if, by chance, he happened . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 11,
English Omnibus,
p. 901.

“O, Francis, if you want to know . . .”: Ibid., p. 900.

“Though the leper caused him . . .”: 2C-9,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 143.

“He washed all the filth off them . . .”: Celano, 1C-7,
Early Documents,
vol. 1, p. 195.

“When I was yet in sin . . .”: Ibid.

“When postulants presented themselves . . .”: Legend of Perugia, no. 102,
English Omnibus,
p. 1079.

“Strengthened by God’s grace . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 11,
English Omnibus,
p. 901.

“Francis, go, repair my house . . .”: 2C-10,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 144.

“After fortifying himself . . .”: Celano, 1C-4,
Early Documents,
vol. 1, p. 188.

“It seemed to him that Francis . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid., pp. 189, 190.

“Calling together his friends . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 16,
English Omnibus,
pp. 906, 907.

“prayed continually . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid.

“When his friends and relatives saw him . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid.

“sprang on his son . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid.

“When she saw that his mind . . . ,”: Ibid., no. 18, p. 908.

“When the authorities saw . . . ,” et cetera: no. 19, p. 908.

“repeated his accusation,” et cetera: Ibid.

5. S
HOWDOWN IN
A
SSISI

“Your father is highly incensed . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 19,
English Omnibus,
p. 908.

“My Lord Bishop, not only will I . . .”: Ibid., no. 20, p. 909.

“Listen all of you . . .”: Ibid.

“His father rose up . . .”: Ibid., no 19, p. 909.

“prompted by divine counsel . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 20,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 80.

“singing praises to the Lord . . . ,” et cetera: Celano, 1C-7,
Early Documents,
vol. 1, pp. 194, 195.

“graciously” host Francis “quite often”: Passion of San Verecondo, in
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 806.

“ravenous bite” of a “cruel sow,” et cetera: Bonaventure, Major Legend, no. 8, ibid., pp. 590–591.

“ferocious wolves”: Passion of San Verecondo, ibid., p. 806.

“No mercy was shown to him . . . ,” et cetera: Celano, 1C-V1,
Early Documents,
vol. 1, p. 195.

“Brother Wolf,” et cetera:
Little Flowers,
ch. 21, pp. 89, 90, 91.

“see what kind of man this Francis is”: Celano, 2C-48,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 299.

seven-year-old capons: Ibid., p. 298, n. b.

“so crippled that she could do no work . . . ,” et cetera: 1C-24,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 60.

“When he saw his bowl . . .”: 2C-1X, ibid., p. 148.

“bashfulness and retraced his steps,” et cetera: 2C-8, ibid., p. 147.

“Tell Francis to sell you a pennysworth”: 2C-7, ibid., p. 146.

“would lash out at him . . .”: Celano, 1C-7,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 251.

“the holy virgins of Christ”: Celano, 2C-43,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 147.

6. C
LARE’S
“P
RISON
”

“And they shall take care . . .”: Rule of Saint Clare,
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works,
p. 214.

“how to form words as they should”: 1C-20,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 21.

“not to let a day go by . . .”: Celano,
Life of Saint Clare Virgin by Fra’ Tommaso da Celano,
no. 18, p. 40.

“a stiff hair shirt . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid., no. 17, p. 38.

“rivers of tears,” et cetera: Ibid., no. 19, p. 42.

“possession or ownership . . . ,” et cetera: Rule of Saint Clare,
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works,
p. 219.

Agnes of Prague forswore marriage: Celano,
Life of Saint Clare Virgin,
p. 29.

“For this reason, she gazed lovingly . . . ,” et cetera: Bargellini,
Little Flowers of Saint Clare,
p. 163.

“No one is permitted . . .”: Rule of Saint Clare,
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works,
p. 225.

“What you do, may you always do . . .”: Second Letter to Blessed Agnes of Prague, ibid., p. 196.

“But our flesh is not bronze . . .”: Third Letter to Blessed Agnes of Prague, ibid., p. 202.

7. P
EACE
M
ARCH IN
S
ANTA
M
ARIA DEGLI
A
NGELI

“church of the Blessed Virgin Mother . . .”: 1C-21,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 22.

“He decided to stay there . . .”: Bonaventure, Major Legend, no. 8,
English Omnibus,
p. 645.

“Come, Sister Cricket . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of Perugia, no. 84,
English Omnibus,
pp. 1059, 1060.

8. F
RANCIS
G
ETS
H
IS
M
ARCHING
O
RDERS

“inconceivable joy,” et cetera: Bonaventure, Life of St. Francis, no. 111,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 26.

“wishing peace to the congregation . . .”: Quoted in Englebert,
St. Francis of Assisi,
p. 44.

“praying all night long . . .”: 1C-24,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 203.

“If you wish to be perfect . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 29,
English Omnibus,
p. 917.

“Having sold everything . . .”: Ibid., p. 918.

Francis had to scold Brother Giovanni:
Little Flowers,
p. 328.

“Blessed Francis betook himself . . .”: 1C-42,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 40.

“The place was so cramped . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 55,
English Omnibus,
p. 939.

“Very often for lack of bread . . .”: Ibid.

“I’m dying . . . ,” et cetera: Legend of Perugia, no. 1,
English Omnibus,
p. 977.

“Go your way, Brother Fly . . .”: Ibid., no. 64, p. 1040.

“he either mixed them with ashes . . .”: 1C-51,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 48.

“temptation of the flesh . . .”: 1C-42, ibid., p. 40.

“And when that brother . . .”: 1C-53, ibid., p. 49.

“These were the teachings . . .”: 1C-41, ibid., p. 39.

“a little farther from the city”: Bonaventure,
Life of St. Francis of Assisi,
no. 2, p. 24.

“chariot of fire . . .”: Bonaventure, ibid., no. 4, p. 36.

“next to the very parade route”: Celano, 1C-43, p. 41.

“his glory would last . . .”: Ibid.

“I know that God has not called me . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 55,
English Omnibus,
p. 939.

9. T
HE
F
IRST
T
OUR TO THE
M
ARCHES

by 1282:
Little Flowers,
p. 18.

“mad,” “fools,” or “drunkards,” et cetera: Anonymous of Perugia, no. 3,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 40.

“Love and fear of God . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, no. 9,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 88.

“Believe him”: Anonymous of Perugia, no. 3,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 40.

“faithful people, meek and kind . . .”: Legend of the Three Companions, nos. 10–36,
Early Documents,
vol. 2, p. 90.

“to bear . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid.

“with a trade they have learned,” et cetera: Earlier Rule,
Early Documents,
vol. 1, pp. 68, 69.

“Let them be careful . . .”: Ibid., p. 69.

“He persevered there . . .”: 1C-26,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 26.

“Little by little . . . ,” et cetera: Ibid.

“In this way, he often ascribed . . .”: 2C-131, ibid., p. 245.

“He rejoiced in all the works . . .”: 2C-165, ibid., pp. 269, 270.

“You have worn the belt . . .”: Quoted in Englebert,
St. Francis of Assisi,
p. 54.

“Chaste embraces, gentle feelings . . .”: 1C-38,
St. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano,
p. 37.

“They were therefore, everywhere secure . . .”: 1C-39, ibid., p. 37.

murdering the Papal legate: House,
Francis of Assisi,
p. 87.