tion, and the
death of St. Francis,[14] or those which spoke of him at length, but
simply by copying a Franciscan legend.[15]

It suffices to point out by way of memory the long chapter consecrated
to St. Francis in the Golden Legend. Giachimo di Voraggio ([Cross]
1298) there sums up with accuracy but without order the essential
features of the first legends and in particular the Second Life by
Celano.[16]

As for the inscription of Santa Maria del Vescovado at Assisi it is too
unformed to be anything but a simple object of curiosity.[17]

* * * * *

I have given up preparing a complete bibliography of works concerning
St. Francis, that task having been very well done by the Abbe Ulysse
Chevalier in his _Repertoire des sources historiques du moyen age_,
Bio-Bibliographie, cols. 765-767 and 2588-2590, Paris, 1 vol., 4to,
1876-1888. To it I refer my readers.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] He was born at Vitry sur Seine, became Cure of Argenteuil,
near Paris; Canon of Oignies, in the diocese of Namur, preached
the crusade against the Albigenses, and accompanied the
Crusaders to Palestine; having been made Bishop of Acre, he was
present in 1219 at the siege and at the capture of Damietta and
returned to Europe in 1225; created Cardinal-bishop of Frascati
in 1229, he died in 1244, leaving a number of writings. For his
life, see the preface of his _Historiae_, edition of Douai, 1597.

[2] This letter may be found in (Bongars) _Gesta Dei per
Francio_, pp. 1146-1149.

[3] _Jacobi de Vitriaco Libri duo quorum prior Orientalis, alter
Occidentalis Historiae nomine inscribitur studio Fr. Moschi Duaci
ex officina Balthazaris Belleri_, 1597, 16mo, 480 pp. Chapter
xxxii. fills pages 349-353, and is entitled _De ordine et
praedicatione fratrum Minorum_. See above, p. 229.

[4] This appears from the passage: _Videmus primus ordinis
fundatorem magestrum cui tanquam summo Priori suo omnes alii
obediunt._ _Loc. cit._, p. 352.

[5] It is inserted in the treatise of Sigonius on the bishops of
Bologna: _Caroli Sigonii de episcopis Bononiensibus libri
quinque cum notis L. C. Rabbii_, a work which occupies cols.
353-590 of t. iii. of his _Opera omnia_, Milan, 1732-1737, 6
vols., f^o. We find our fragment in col. 432.

[6] This passage will be found above, p. 241.

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