Contents — The Little Flowers and the Life of St. Francis, with the Mirror of Perfection

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The Little Flowers and the Life of St. Francis, with the Mirror of Perfection · Complete three-work composite: CCEL Fioretti; Salter 1904 Life and Miracles; Evans 1899 / Goretti 2025 Mirror

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Chapter XXVII. How at Bologna St Francis converted two scholars who became friars, and how he delivered one of them from a great temptation flowers.xml#iii.xxvii
Chapter XXVIII. Of an ecstasy which came to Brother Bernard, and how he remained from Matins until Noon in a state of rapture flowers.xml#iii.xxviii
Chapter XXIX. How the devil often appeared to Brother Ruffino in the form of a crucifix, telling him that all the good he did was of no avail, seeing he was not of the number of the elect of God; which being revealed to St Francis, he made known to Brother Ruffino the error into which he had fallen flowers.xml#iii.xxix
Chapter XXX. Of the beautiful sermon which St Francis and Brother Ruffino preached at Assisi flowers.xml#iii.xxx
Chapter XXXI. How St Francis was acquainted with the secrets of the consciences of all his brethren flowers.xml#iii.xxxi
Chapter XXXII. How Brother Masseo obtained from Christ the virtue of humility flowers.xml#iii.xxxii
Chapter XXXIII. How St Clare, by order of the Pope, blessed the bread which was on the table, and how on each loaf appeared the sign of the holy cross flowers.xml#iii.xxxiii
Chapter XXXIV. How St Louis, King of France, went in person in a pilgrim’s garb to visit the holy Brother Giles flowers.xml#iii.xxxiv
Chapter XXXV. How St Clare, being ill, was miraculously carried, on Christmas night, to the church of St Francis, where she assisted at the Office flowers.xml#iii.xxxv
Chapter XXXVI. How St Francis explained to Brother Leo a beautiful vision that he had seen flowers.xml#iii.xxxvi
Chapter XXXVII. How Jesus Christ, the blessed one, at the prayer of St Francis, converted a rich nobleman who had made great offers to St Francis, and inspired him with a wish to become a religious flowers.xml#iii.xxxvii
Chapter XXXVIII. How it was revealed to St Francis that Brother Elias was damned, and was to die out of the Order; and how at the desire of the said brother he prayed to Christ for him, and how his prayer was granted flowers.xml#iii.xxxviii
Chapter XXXIX. Of the wonderful discourse which St Anthony of Padua, a Friar Minor, made in the Consistory flowers.xml#iii.xxxix
Chapter XL. Of the miracle which God performed when St Anthony, being at Rimini, preached to the fishes of the sea flowers.xml#iii.xl
Chapter XLI. How the venerable Brother Simon delivered a brother from a great temptation, on account of which he was on the point of leaving the Order flowers.xml#iii.xli
Chapter XLII. Of several wonderful miracles which the Lord performed through the means of Brother Peter of Monticello, and Brother Conrad of Offida. How Brother Bentivoglio carried a leper fifteen miles in a very short time; how St Michael spoke to another brother, and how the Virgin Mary appeared to Brother Conrad and placed her divine Son in his arms flowers.xml#iii.xlii
Chapter XLIII. How Brother Conrad of Offida converted a young brother, who was a stumbling-block to the other brothers; and how after death his soul appeared to Brother Conrad, begging him to pray for him; and how through his prayers he was delivered from the great pains of Purgatory flowers.xml#iii.xliii
Chapter XLIV. How the Mother of Christ and St John the Evangelist appeared to Brother Conrad, and told him who had suffered the greatest sorrow at the Passion of Christ flowers.xml#iii.xliv
Chapter XLV. Of the conversion, life, miracles, and death of the holy Brother John Della Penna flowers.xml#iii.xlv
Chapter XLVI. How Brother Pacifico, being in prayer, saw the soul of Brother Umile, his brother in the flesh, go up to heaven flowers.xml#iii.xlvi
Chapter XLVII. Of a holy brother to whom the Mother of Christ appeared when he was ill, and brought him three vases of healing ointments flowers.xml#iii.xlvii
Chapter XLVIII. How Brother James Della Massa saw in a vision all the Friars Minor in the world in the form of a tree; and how the virtues, the merits and the vices of all were made known to him flowers.xml#iii.xlviii
Chapter XLIX. How Christ appeared to Brother John of Alvernia flowers.xml#iii.xlix
Chapter L. How Brother John of Alvernia, when saying Mass on the day of All Souls, saw many souls liberated from Purgatory flowers.xml#iii.l
Chapter LI. Of the holy Brother James of Fallerone, and how, after his death, he appeared to Brother John of Alvernia flowers.xml#iii.li
Chapter LII. Of the vision of Brother John of Alvernia, by which he became acquainted with all the order of the Holy Trinity flowers.xml#iii.lii
Chapter LIII. How, while he was saying Mass, Brother John of Alvernia fell down, as if he had been dead flowers.xml#iii.liii
Of the Sacred and Holy Stigmata of St. Francis and Certain Considerations Thereon flowers.xml#iii.liii.liv
Of the First Consideration flowers.xml#iii.liii.liv.i
Of the Second Consideration flowers.xml#iii.liii.liv.ii
Of the Third Consideration flowers.xml#iii.liii.liv.iii
Of the Fourth Consideration flowers.xml#iii.liii.liv.iv