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The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi i r'/V. ^/rU THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST FRANCIS ' A ss iSl , ct ^ THE 'LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS *ae OF ASSISI * WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL WOODROFFE j* ^ jt j LONDON: KEGAN PAUL TRENCH TRUBNER AND COMPANY LIMITED MDCCCCV^ ^ * * + SECOND IMPRESSION HENRY MORSE STEPHENS Prefatory Note THIS edition of the Fioretti is based by per- mission upon the translation issued by the Franciscan Fathers at Upton, which has been for some time out of print. It has been care- fully revised by Mr. Thomas Okey, and when necessary has been brought into closer accor- dance with the Italian, care having been taken to preserve as much as possible the simplicity of the original. The present pub- lishers are enabled to avail themselves of so scholarly a rendering by the courtesy of the Catholic Truth Society, under whose au- spices it first appeared. The compiler of the Fioretti is unknown, but the work is sup- posed to date from the middle of the four- teenth century. 12133 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ... ... i I Of Brother Bernard, first companion of St Francis 2 V" II How St Francis, on account of an uncharitable thought which he had concerning- Brother Bernard, commanded the said brother that he should tread v three times on his throat and mouth ... ... 8 III How the Angel of God proposed a question to Brother Elias, and because Brother Elias replied to him haughtily, departed, and went along the road to San Giacomo, where Brother Bernard was, and told him the story II V IV How the holy Brother Bernard of Assisi was sent by St Francis to Bologna, and there founded a House V How St Francis blessed the holy Brother Bernard, and appointed him his Vicar, when the time came for him to pass away from this life 21 VI How St Francis passed the Lent in an island in the Lake of Perugia, where he fasted forty days and forty nights ... ... ... 24 v VII How St Francis showed to Brother Leo what are the things in which consists perfect joy 26 V VIII How St Francis taught Brother Leo how to answer him, and the brother could not say any- *s thing but the contrary of what St Francis desired 30 IX How Brother Masseo mockingly said to St Francis that all the world went after him : and St Francis replied that this was for the confusion of the world and for the glory of God 33 X How St Francis made Brother Masseo turn round and round, and then went on to Siena 34 XI How St Francis imposed on Brother Masseo the office of the door, and of the kitchen, and of the at the of almsgiving ; and afterwards, prayers the others, released him .... .... ... 37 y rf Contents PAQB XII How St Francis and Brother Masseo placed some bread which they had begged on a stone, St beside a fountain ; and Francis greatly praised St Peter St Poverty ; and how and Paul appeared to him ... ... 39 XIII As St Francis and his brothers were speaking of our Divine Lord, He appeared in their midst... 44 XIV How St Clare ate with St Francis and his com- panion brothers at St Mary of the Angels 45 XV How St Francis received the counsel of St Clare, and of the holy Brother Silvester, that he should for the conversion of preach many people ; and how he founded the Third Order, and preached to the birds ... 48 XVI How a little boy-brother, whilst St Francis was praying- in the night, saw Christ and the Virgin Mother and many Saints talking to him ... ... 54 XVII Of the marvellous Chapter which St Francis held at St Mary of the Angels, at which were present more than five thousand brothers... ... 56 XVIII How the Vineyard of the Priest of Rieti, in whose house St Francis rested, was despoiled of its grapes and afterwards miraculously yielded more wine than heretofore ; and how God revealed to St Francis that he should have Paradise for his portion 61 XIX Of a wondrous beautiful vision seen by a young brother ... ... ... 64 J XX Of the miracle which St Francis performed when he converted the wolf of Gubbio ... ... 67 XXI How St Francis tamed the wild turtle-doves ... 72 XXII How St Francis freed a brother who was in sin 73 XXIII How St Francis converted the Soldan of Babylon to the faith 74 XXIV How St Francis miraculously healed the leper 77 XXV How St Francis converted three robbers that were murderers ... ... ... ... ... 81 XXVI How St Francis converted two scholars at Bologna... .... ..... 92 Contents vii XXVII Of the rapture that came to Brother Bernard 95 XXVIII How the devil appeared in the form of the to , Crucified on several occasions Brother Ruffino, telling him that all the good he did was lost ... 97 XXIX Of the beautiful sermon preached in Assisi by St Francis and Brother Ruffino 102 XXX How St Francis knew the secrets of the con- sciences of all his Friars 104* XXXI How Brother Masseo obtained from Christ the virtue of his humility ... ... ... 106 XXXII How St Clare, by command of the Pope, blessed the loaves which were on the table ... 108 ^ XXXIII How St Louis, the King- of France, came to visit Brother Giles ... no, XXXIV How St Clare, being sick, was miraculously carried to the Church and there heard the Office 1 12 XXXV How St Francis explained to Brother Leo a wonderful vision he had seen ... 113 XXXVI How Jesus Christ the Blessed, at the prayer of St Francis, converted a rich and noble knight 115 XXXVII How St Francis knew in spirit that Brother Elias was damned, and was to die out of the Order for which ; cause he prayed for him, and his prayer was answered ... 118 XXXVIII Of the wonderful discourse which St Antony of Padua made in the Consistory 121 XXXIX Of the miracle which God performed when St Antony preached to the fishes 122 XL How the venerable Brother Simon delivered a brother from a great temptation ... 125 XLI Of the glorious miracle which God worked by the hands of two holy brothers, and how St Michael appeared and spoke to one of them, and the Blessed Virgin Mary came to the other ... 129 XLII How Brother Conrad of Offida converted a young brother, being importuned by the other brothers because of him ; and how the said youth- ful brother dying, appeared to Brother Conrad, that he entreating would pray for him . 133 viii Contents PAGE XLIII How the Mother of Christ appeared to Brother Conrad with St John Evangelist, and told him which of them bore most pain in the Passion of Christ 136 XLIV Of the conversion and life and miracles and death of the holy Brother John della Penna ... 138 XLV How Brother Pacificus, being- in prayer, saw the soul of Brother Humilitas, his brother, going * up to heaven ... 144 XLVI Of the holy brother to whom the Mother of Christ appeared when he was sick, bringing him three boxes of electuary 146 XLVI I How Brother James of La Massa saw in a vision all the Friars Minor in the world under the likeness of a tree 149 XLVIII How Jesus Christ appeared to Brother John of Alvernia 154 XLIX How Brother John of Alvernia, as he said Mass on All Souls' Day, saw many souls delivered from Purgatory ... ... 161 L Of Brother James of Fallerone ; and how after his death he appeared to Brother John of Alvernia... 162 LI Of the vision of Brother John of Alvernia, whereby he understood all the order of the Holy Trinity ... 165 LI I How Brother John of Alvernia as he was saying Mass fell down, as one dead 167 >J OF THE MOST HOLY STIGMAS 172 LIFE OF BROTHER JUNIPER ... ... ... 237 LIFE OF BROTHER GILES 263 THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST FRANCIS TN the name of our Lord Jesus Christ cruci- fied, and of His Virgin Mother Mary. In this book are contained certain little Flowers, namely, miracles and devout examples of the glorious poor little one of Christ, St Francis, and of some of his holy companions, to the praise of Jesus Christ. Amen. In the first place, let us consider how the glorious St Francis, in all the acts of his life, was conformed to the life of that blessed Christ; that, as Christ in the be- ginning of His preaching elected twelve apostles, that they should despise every worldly thing and follow Him in poverty and in all virtues, so St Francis, for the founding of his order, elected in the begin- ning twelve companions, who were to be possessors of nothing but an entire poverty. And as one of the twelve apostles of Christ, rejected by God for his infidelity, finally strangled himself, so also one of the twelve companions of St Francis, who was called Brother John della Capella, apostatized, and finally hanged himself in like manner. And this is to the elect a great warning, and a matter of humility and of fear, to B The Little Flowers cause them to remember that no one is certain to persevere to the end in the grace of God. As the blessed apostles were wholly marvellous for sanctity and humility and full of the Holy Ghost, so the blessed companions of St Francis were men of such great sanc- tity that since the time of the apostles, the world had not seen the like ; since one of them, like St Paul, was taken up into the third heaven, and this was Brother Giles ; another of them, namely Brother Filippo Longo, was touched on the lips by an angel, like a coal of fire the Prophet Isaias, with ; another of them, and this was Brother Silves- ter, spoke with God, as one friend with another, after the manner of Moses; another, by the purity of his soul, flew up to the light of the Divine Wisdom, like the eagle, St John the Evangelist, and this was the most humble Brother Bernard, who explained most Writ and another profoundly Holy ; was sanctified by God and canonized in hea- ven whilst still living on earth, and this was Brother Ruffino, who was a gentleman of Assisi.
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