The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi : In the Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Who Was Crucified and of His Mother the Virgin Mary; In This Book Are Contained Certain Little Flowers, Miracles, and Devout Examples of That Glorious Poor Fo

from Juva

A collection of stories about the life and ministry of St. Francis. These episodes cover miracles, visions, and unusual happenings, but also contain incidences of mistakes, failings, and tests. I don't know much about St. Francis, although I had a vague sense that he liked animals. This set of st...

from StephenBarkley

St. Francis walked the earth at the turn of the twelfth century. In the later half of the fourteenth century, this book of stories about his life was published. The stories are (literally) the stuff of legends. This is where we hear that St. Francis preached to the birds (although I think his eva...

from ctpress

I'm not really sure if I approach this classic the right way - with the necessary prayerful devotion. First of all, this is not a reliable biography of Assisi. These are collected legends - the stuff of folklore - when the miracles, dreams and visions just gets more and more fantastical when they...

from Lukerik

I bought this because, standing there in the second-hand bookshop, I couldn't work out what the nature of the text was. My curiosity would have been satisfied if I'd spotted the endnote. It turns out it's a Medieval amalgamation of various texts, stitched together by a later editor. There's a fai...

from Lukerik

I bought this because, standing there in the second-hand bookshop, I couldn't work out what the nature of the text was. My curiosity would have been satisfied if I'd spotted the endnote. It turns out it's a Medieval amalgamation of various texts, stitched together by a later editor. There's a fai...