Contents — The Little Flowers of St. Francis

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The Little Flowers of St. Francis · Heywood 1906 translation, including stigmata, Juniper, Giles and manuscript addenda

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93 sections in this edition

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Other Introduction source.html#_Toc207947348
Translator’s Note source.html#_Toc207947349
The Little Flowers Of St. Francis source.html#_Toc207947350
Chapter 1 source.html#element-105
Chapter 2. Of Friar Bernard Of Quintavalle, First Companion Of St. Francis source.html#element-110
Chapter 3. How For An Evil Thought Which St. Francis Had Against Friar Bernard, He Commanded The Said Friar Bernard To Tread With His Feet Three Times Upon His Throat And Upon His Mouth source.html#element-120
Chapter 4 source.html#element-124
Chapter 5. How the Holy Friar Bernard of Assisi was sent by St. Francis to Bologna, and there founded a monastery source.html#element-128
Chapter 6. How St. Francis blessed the holy Friar Bernard, and left him as his vicar, when he came to pass from this life source.html#element-131
Chapter 7. How St. Francis passed a Lent in an island of the lake of Perugia, where he fasted forty days and forty nights, and ate no more than one half loaf source.html#element-137
Chapter 8. How while St. Francis and Friar Leo were on a journey, he expounded unto him those things which are perfect joy source.html#element-140
Chapter 9. How St. Francis taught Friar Leo to make answer; and how he was never able to speak save the contrary to that which St. Francis desired source.html#element-145
Chapter 10. How Friar Masseo, as if in raillery, said to St. Francis that all the world followed after him; and he replied that that was to the confusion of the world and grace of God source.html#element-149
Chapter 11. How St. Francis made Friar Masseo turn round and round many times, and thereafter gat him to Siena source.html#element-152
Chapter 12. How St. Francis laid upon Friar Masseo the service of the gate, of alms-giving and of the kitchen; and thereafter, at the prayer of the other friars, relieved him of them source.html#element-155
Chapter 13 source.html#element-158
Chapter 14. How while St. Francis and his friars spake of God, He appeared in the midst of them source.html#element-161
Chapter 15. How St. Clare ate with St. Francis and with the friars, his companions, in Santa Maria degli Angeli source.html#element-164
Chapter 16 source.html#element-167
Chapter 17. How a boy friar, while St. Francis was praying by night, saw Christ and the Virgin Mary and very many other saints hold converse with him source.html#element-173
Chapter 18. Of the marvellous chapter which St. Francis held at Santa Maria degli Angeli, where there were more than five thousand friars source.html#element-176
Chapter 19 source.html#element-181
Chapter 20. Of a very beautiful vision which was seen by a young friar, who held the cowl in so great abomination that he was minded to put off the habit and to leave the Order source.html#element-184
Chapter 21. Of the most holy miracle which St. Francis wrought when he converted the very fierce wolf of Agobio source.html#element-187
Chapter 22. How St. Francis tamed the wild turtle-doves source.html#element-190
Chapter 23. How St. Francis set free the friar who was in sin with the demon source.html#element-193
Chapter 24. How St. Francis converted the Soldan of Babylon to the faith source.html#element-196
Chapter 25. How St. Francis miraculously healed one who was a leper both in soul and body; and that which the soul said unto him as it went into heaven source.html#element-200
Chapter 26. How St. Francis converted three robbers which were murderers, and how they became friars; and of the very noble vision which one of them, who was a most holy friar, saw. source.html#element-203
Chapter 27. How St. Francis converted at Bologna two scholars, who became friars; and afterward delivered one of them from a great temptation source.html#element-213
Chapter 28. Of an ecstasy which came to Friar Bernard whereby he abode from morning even until nones without coming to himself source.html#element-216
Chapter 29 source.html#element-219