A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FRANCISCAN LITERATURE

Biographies of St. Francis:

St. Bonaventure (ed. Cardinal Manning), The Life of St. Francis of Assisi (1867).

Thomas of Celano (trans. Placid Hermann O.F.M.), Saint Francis of Assisi: First and Second Life of St. Francis (1963).

Chesterton, G.K., Saint Francis of Assisi (1933).

De La Bedoyere, Michael, Francis of Assisi: The Man Who Found Perfect Joy (1962).

Englebert, Omer (trans. Eve Marie Cooper), St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography (1965).

Fortini, Arnaldo (trans. Helen Moak), Francis of Assisi (1981)

Green, Julien (trans. Peter Heinegg), God’s Fool: The Life and Times of Francis of Assisi (1983).

Hegener, Mark, The Poverello: St. Francis of Assisi (1956).

House, Adrian, Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life (2000).

Jorgensen, Johannes (trans. T. O’Connor Sloane), St. Francis of Assisi (1912).

Moorman, John R.H., Saint Francis of Assisi (1950).

Sabatier, Paul, Life of St. Francis of Assisi (1905).

Sabatier, Paul, The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis(2003).

The Three Companions (trans. Emma Gurney Salter), The Legend of Saint Francis (1902).

Thompson, Augustine, O.P., Francis of Assisi: A New Biography (2012).

Van Matt, Leonard and Hauser, Walter (trans. Sebastion Bullough, O.P.), St. Francis of Assisi: A Pictorial Biography (1956).

Vauchez, Andre (trans. Michael F. Cusato), Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint (2012).

Biographies of St. Clare:

Bartoli, Marco (trans. Sr. Frances Teresa, O.S.C.), Clare of Assisi (1989).

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Bartoli, Marco (trans. Sr. Frances Teresa Downing, O.S.C.), Saint Clare: Beyond the Legend (2010).

Thomas of Celano (trans. Catherine Bolton Magrini), The Life of St. Clare Virgin (2001).

De Robeck, Nesta, St. Clare of Assisi (1951).

Delio, Ilia, O.F.S., Clare of Assisi: A Heart Full of Love (2007).

Franciscan Histories and Documents:

Armstrong, Regis J., O.F.M. Cap. (ed. & trans.), Clare of Assisi—The Lady: Early Documents (2006).

Armstrong, Regis J., O.F.M. Cap. (trans.), Francis and Clare: The Complete Works (1982).

Bargellini, Piero (trans. Edmund O’Gorman, O.F.M. Conv.), The Little Flowers of Saint Clare (1972).

Brown, Raphael, S.F.O. (trans.), The Little Flowers of Saint Francis (1958).

Esser, Kajetan, O.F.M., Origins of the Franciscan Order (1970).

Holzapfel, Herbert, O.F.M. (trans. Tibesar, Antonine), The History of the Franciscan Order (1948).

Moorman, John, A History of the Franciscan Order from Its Origins to the Year 1517 (1968).

Short, William J., O.F.M., The Franciscans (1989).

St. Francis and St. Clare Scholarship:

Armstrong, Edward A., Saint Francis: Nature Mystic (1973).

Brown, Raphael, S.F.O., The Roots of St. Francis: A Popular History of the Church in Assisi and Umbria Before St. Francis As Related to His Life and Spirituality (1982).

Carney, Sr. Margaret, O.S.F., The First Franciscan Women: Clare of Assisi & Her Form of Life (1993).

Hansen, Warren G., St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of the Environment (1971).

Moses, Paul, The Saint and the Sultan: The Crusades, Islam, and Francis of Assisi’s Mission of Peace (2009).

Mueller, Sr. Joan, O.S.F., Clare of Assisi: The Letters to Agnes (2003).

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Pazzelli, Raffaele, T.O.R., St. Francis of Assisi and the Third Order: The Franciscan and pre-Franciscan Penitential Movement (1982).

Rega, Frank M., St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of the Muslims (2007).

Sweeney, Jon M., Light in the Dark Ages: The Friendship of Francis and Clare of Assisi (2007).

Franciscan Spirituality:

Brown, Raphael, S.F.O., True Joy from Assisi: The Assisi Experience of Inner Peace and Joy (1978).

Cantalamessa, Raniero and Martini, Carlo Maria, St. Francis & the Cross: Reflections On Suffering, Weakness, and Joy (2003).

Horan, Daniel P., O.F.M., Francis of Assisi and the Future of Faith: Exploring Franciscan Spirituality in the Modern World (2012).

Hugo, William R., O.F.M. Cap., Studying the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi (2011).

Jorgensen, Johannes, Pilgrim Walks in Franciscan Italy (1908).

Omnibuses and Collections of Franciscan Works

Armstrong, Regis J. (O.F.M. Cap.), Hellmann, J. A. Wayne(O.F.M. Conv.), Short, William J. (O.F.M.), Eds., Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. Vol. 1: The Saint. -- The Writings of Francis of Assisi (1205/06-1226) -- The Life of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano (1228-1229) -- The Liturgical Texts (1230-1234) -- The Life of Saint Francis by Julian of Speyer (1232-1235) -- The Versified Life of Saint Francis by Henri d’Avranches (1232-1239) -- The Sacred Exchange between Saint Francis and Lady Poverty (1237-1239) -- Related Documents (1215-1237) Vol. 2: The Founder -- The Beginning or the Founding of the Order and the Deeds of Those Lesser Brothers Who Were the First Companions of Blessed Francis in Religion (1240-1241) -- The Legend of the Three Companions (1241-1247) -- The Assisi Compilation (1244-1260) -- The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul by Thomas of Celano (1245-1247) -- The Treatise on the Miracles of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano (1250-1252) -- An Umbrian Choir Legend (1253-1259) -- A letter on the Passing of Saint Francis Attributed to Elias of Assisi (After 1253) -- The Legends and Sermons about Saint Francis by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (1260- 1267)

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-- Related Documents (1237-1272) Vol. 3: The Prophet -- A Book of the Praises of Saint Francis by Bernard of Besse (1277-1283) -- The Versified Life of Saint Francis by Henri d/Avranches, Additions, Amplifications in Light of The Major Legend -- A Collection of Sayings of the Companions of Blessed Francis (Late 13th-Early 14th C.) -- The Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus, Book Five (Excerpts) by Ubertino Da Casale (1305) -- A Mirror of the Perfection, Rule, Profession, Life, and True Calling of a Lesser Brother (1318) -- A Mirror of the Perfection of the Status of a Lesser Brother (1318) -- The Book of Chronicles or of the Tribulations of the Order of Lesser Ones (Prologue and The First Tribulation) by Angelo Clareno (1323-1325-6) -- The Deeds of Blessed Francis and His Companions by Ugolino Boniscambi of Montegiorgio (1328-1337) -- The Little Flowers of Saint Francis (A Translation and Re-editing of The Deeds of Saint Francis and His Companions by an Anonymous (After 1337) -- Liturgical Texts for the Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis (1337-1340) -- The Kinship of Saint Francis by Arnald of Sarrant (1365) -- Related Documents (1261-1323) Vol. 4: Index

Habig, Marion A., O.F.M., ed., St. Francis of Assisi: Writing and Early Biographies: English Omnibus of Sources for the Life of St. Francis (1983). -- Complete Writings of Saint Francis -- First and Second Lives of Saint Francis by Thomas of Celano -- Longer and Shorter Lives of Saint Francis by St. Bonaventure -- Legend of the Three Companions -- Legend of Perugia -- Mirror of Perfection -- Little Flowers of Saint Francis -- Sacrum Commercium -- Shorter Contemporary Testimonies

Franciscan Resources on the Internet van der Heijden, Maarten and Roest, Bert, Franciscan Authors, 13th—18th Century: http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/index.htm

The Franciscan Archive: https://franciscan-archive.org/index2.html

Louisiana State University, The Middle Ages Online: Franciscan Studies: https://sites01.lsu.edu/faculty/jgellri/sample-page/history/franciscan-studies/

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