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Chapter VII. Of the day of the holy Brother Giles’s death

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OF THE DAY OF THE HOLY BROTHER GILES’S DEATH
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On the vigil of St George, at the hour of Matins, fifty-two years being now elapsed since he received the habit of St Francis, the soul of Brother Giles was received by God into the glory of Paradise: to wit, on the Feast of St George.

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Chapter VI. How Brother Giles was miraculously assisted in a great necessity when, by reason of a heavy fall of snow, he was hindered from going out to quest Chapter VIII. How a holy man, being in prayer, saw the soul of Brother Giles pass to eternal life