Little Flowers of St. Francis: Page Index

Contents

Introduction

Translator's Note

Chapter I

Chapter II. Of Friar Bernard of Quintavalle, first companion of St. Francis

Chapter III. How for an evil thought which St. Francis had against Friar Bernard. . .

Chapter IV. How the Angel of God proposed a question to Friar Elias. . .

How the Holy Friar Bernard of Assisi was sent by St. Francis to Bologna, and there founded a monastery

Chapter VI. How St. Francis blessed the holy Friar Bernard, and left him as his vicar. . .

Chapter VII. How St. Francis passed a Lent in an island of the lake of Perugia. . .

Chapter VIII. How while St. Francis and Friar Leo were on a journey . . .

Chapter IX. How St. Francis taught Friar Leo to make answer. . .

Chapter X. How Friar Masseo, as if in raillery, said to St. Francis . . .

Chapter XI. How St. Francis made Friar Masseo turn round and round many times, and thereafter gat him to Siena

Chapter XII. How St. Francis laid upon Friar Masseo the service of the gate . . .

Chapter XIII. How St. Francis and Friar Masseo placed the bread which they had begged upon a stone . . .

Chapter XIV. How while St. Francis and his friars spake of God, He appeared in the midst of them

Chapter XV. How St. Clare ate with St. Francis and with the friars . . .

Chapter XVI. How St. Francis received the counsel of St. Clare . . .and preached to the birds . . .

Chapter XVII. How a boy friar, while St. Francis was praying by night, saw Christ and the Virgin Mary . . .

Chapter XVIII. Of the marvellous chapter which St. Francis held at Santa Maria degli Angeli . . .

Chapter XIX. How from the vineyard . . . the grapes were taken away . . .

Chapter XX. Of a very beautiful vision which was seen by a young friar . . .

Chapter XXI. Of the most holy miracle which St. Francis wrought when he converted the very fierce wolf of Agobio

Chapter XXII. How St. Francis tamed the wild turtle-doves

Chapter XXIII. How St. Francis set free the friar who was in sin with the demon

Chapter XXIV. How St. Francis converted the Soldan of Babylon to the faith

Chapter XXV. How St. Francis miraculously healed one who was a leper both in soul and body . . .

Chapter XXVI. How St. Francis converted three robbers which were murderers . . .

Chapter XXVII. How St. Francis converted at Bologna two scholars, who became friars. . .

Chapter XXVIII. Of an ecstasy which came to Friar Bernard . . .

Chapter XXIX. How the devil in the form of Christ Crucified appeared . . .

Chapter XXX. Of the beautiful sermon . . . when they preached naked

Chapter XXXI. How St. Francis knew . . . the secrets of the hearts of all his friars

Chapter XXXII. How Friar Masseo obtained from Christ the virtue of his humility

Chapter XXXIII. How St. Clare, at the bidding of the Pope, blessed the bread . . .

Chapter XXXIV. How St. Louis, King of France, in the garb of a pilgrim . . .

Chapter XXXV. How, on Christmas Eve, St. Clare being sick was miraculously carried . . .

Chapter XXXVI. How St. Francis expounded unto Friar Leo a fair vision . . .

Chapter XXXVII. How Jesus Christ . . . caused a rich man to be converted

Chapter XXXVIII. How St. Francis knew in spirit that Friar Elias was damned . . .

Chapter XXXIX. Of the marvellous sermon which St. Antony of Padua, . . . preached

Chapter XL. When St. Antony . . . preached to the fishes of the sea

Chapter XLI. How the venerable Friar Simon delivered from a great temptation a friar . . .

Chapter XLII. Of beautiful miracles which God wrought through the holy friars . . .

Chapter XLIII. How Friar Conrad of Offida converted a young friar . . .

Chapter XLIV. How the Mother of Christ and St. John the Evangelist appeared . . .

Chapter XLV. Of the holy Friar John of Penna

Chapter XLVI. Friar Pacificus and Humilis

Chapter XLVII. Of that holy friar to whom the Mother of Christ appeared . . .

Chapter XLVIII. How Friar James of Massa saw in a vision all the minor friars . . .

Chapter XLIX. How Christ appeared to Friar John of Alvernia

Chapter L. How . . . Friar John of Alvernia saw many souls liberated from purgatory

Chapter LI. Friar James of Fallerone appears after his death

Chapter LII. Of the vision of Friar John of Alvernia . . .

Chapter LIII. Friar John of Alvernia fell down as if he were dead while saying mass

Introduction

Of the First Consideration

Of the Second Consideration

Of the Third Consideration

Of the Fourth Consideration

Of the Fifth Consideration

Chapter I. How Friar Juniper cut off the foot of a pig to give it to a sick man

Chapter II. Great power of Friar Juniper against the devil

Chapter III. How, through procurement of the devil, Friar Juniper was condemned to the gallows

Chapter IV. How Friar Juniper gave whatever he could to the poor, for the love of God

Chapter V. How Friar Juniper plucked off certain bells from the altar, and gave them away for the love of God

Chapter VI. How Friar Juniper kept silence for six months

Chapter VII. Ensample against the temptations of the flesh

Chapter VIII. How Friar Juniper abased himself for the glory of God

Chapter IX. How Friar Juniper, to abase himself, played at see-saw

Chapter X. How Friar Juniper once cooked for the friars food enough for fifteen days

Chapter XI. How Friar Juniper once went to Assisi for his confusion

Chapter XIII. Of the grief which Friar Juniper had for the death of his companion, Friar Amazialbene

Chapter XIV. Of the hand which Friar Juniper saw in the air

Life of Friar Giles

Chapter II. How Friar Giles went to St. James the Greater

Chapter III. Of the manner of life which Friar Giles led when he went to the Holy Sepulchre

Chapter IV. How Friar Giles praised obedience more than prayer

Chapter V. How Friar Giles lived by the labour of his hands

Chapter VI. How Friar Giles was miraculously provided for in his great need . . .

Chapter VIII. How a holy man, being in prayer, beheld the soul of Friar Giles go to the life eternal

Chapter IX. How through the merits of Friar Giles, the soul of a friend of a certain Preaching Friar was delivered from the pains of Purgatory

A Chapter of Vices and of Virtues

Chapter of Faith

Chapter of Holy Humility

Chapter of the Holy Fear of God

Chapter of Holy Patience

Chapter of Sloth

Chapter of the Irksomeness of Temporal Things

Chapter of Holy Chastity

Chapter of Temptations

Chapter of Holy Penance

Chapter of Holy Prayer

Chapter of Holy Spiritual Prudence

Chapter of Profitable and Unprofitable Knowledge

Chapter of Good and Evil Speaking

Chapter of Good Perseverance

Chapter of the True Religion

Chapter of Holy Obedience

Chapter of the Remembrance of Death

Chapter I. An ensample of Friar Leo, how St. Francis bade him wash the stone

Chapter II. How St. Francis appeared to Friar Leo

Chapter III. How Friar Leo saw a terrible vision in a dream