The life and legends of Saint Francis of Assisi

The life and legends of Saint Francis of Assisi

Author: Chalippe, Candide, 1684-1757

Year: 1918

Translated from the French of Father Candide Chalippe, O. F. M. Revised and re-edited by Father Hilarion Duerk, O. F. M. CONTENTS BOOK I His birth — Prediction of his future greatness — His studies — He applies himself to commerce — His purity, and affection for the poor — He is taken prisoner — He falls sick — His charity increases towards the poor — He has a mysterious dream — He wishes to go to the war — Jesus Christ dissuades him — He is rapt in spirit — His conversion — He kisses a leper — Jesus Christ crucified appears to him — Salutary effects of this apparition — He goes to Borne — Mingles with the poor — Is tempted by the devil — A voice from heaven commands him to restore the Church of S. Peter Damian — His devotion to the passion of Jesus Christ — He takes some pieces of cloth from his father 's house, and sells them, to restore the Church of S. Damian — He escapes from the anger of his father, and retires to a cave — He appears in Assisi, where he is ill-treated — His father confines him — His mother delivers him, and he returns to S. Damian — He manifests his intention to his father, who appeals to justice, and cites him before the Bishop of Assisi — He renounces his i