Written work
The Canticle of Exhortation to the Poor Ladies ('Audite, poverelle')
Audite, poverelle
A short vernacular song composed at San Damiano, close in time to the Canticle of the Creatures, inviting the sisters to live in truth, in obedience and with discretion in the use of alms, and promising that they will be crowned queens in heaven with the Virgin.
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Authorship note
Authentic; mentioned by the Assisi Compilation and rediscovered in 1976 in a manuscript in Verona.
Editions and translations
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English
Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, vol. 1: The Saint
New City Press, 1999
Translation: Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, William J. Short
ISBN 1565481100
Edición de conjunto. Contiene este escrito.
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works
Paulist Press, 1982
Translation: Regis J. Armstrong, Ignatius C. Brady
ISBN 0809124467
Classics of Western Spirituality. Contiene este escrito.
Other works by Francis of Assisi
- Canticle of the Creatures (Canticle of Brother Sun) · 1225
- Admonitions · 1220
- Testament · 1226
- Earlier Rule (Regula non bullata, 1221) · 1221
- Later Rule (Regula bullata, 1223) · 1223
- Rule for Hermitages · 1218
- Earlier Exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (First Letter to the Faithful) · 1215
- Later Admonition and Exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance (Second Letter to the Faithful) · 1220
- Exhortation to the Clergy (Letter to the Clergy) · 1220
- Letters to the Custodians (first and second) · 1220
- Letter to the Rulers of the Peoples · 1220
- Letter to the Entire Order · 1225
- Letter to a Minister · 1221
- Letter to Brother Anthony of Padua · 1223
- Letter to Brother Leo · 1220
- The Praises of God and the Blessing for Brother Leo (Chartula) · 1224
- The Praises to Be Said at All the Hours · 1220
- Exhortation to the Praise of God · 1220
- The Office of the Passion · 1220
- The Prayer before the Crucifix · 1206
- A Salutation of the Blessed Virgin Mary · 1220
- A Salutation of the Virtues · 1220
- A Prayer Inspired by the Our Father · 1215
- Form of Life and Last Will for Saint Clare · 1212
- The Testament Written in Siena · 1226
- Fragments of Another Rule · 1222
- True and Perfect Joy · 1220
- Blessing for Brother Bernard · 1226
- The Prayer 'Absorbeat' · 1305
- Letter to Lady Jacoba · 1226
- Peace Prayer ('Lord, make me an instrument of your peace') · 1912
- The Little Flowers of Saint Francis · 1380
- Thomas of Celano, The Life of Saint Francis (First Life) · 1229
- Thomas of Celano, The Shorter Life of Saint Francis (Vita brevior) · 1235
- Thomas of Celano, The Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul (Second Life) · 1247
- Thomas of Celano, The Treatise on the Miracles · 1252
- Julian of Speyer, The Life of Saint Francis · 1234
- The Anonymous of Perugia (The Beginning of the Order) · 1241
- The Legend of the Three Companions · 1246
- The Assisi Compilation · 1246
- Bonaventure, The Major Legend of Saint Francis · 1263
- The Mirror of Perfection · 1318
- Complete Writings (collected editions) · 1904
Sources
- Armstrong, Regis J.; Hellmann, J. A. Wayne; Short, William J. (eds.). Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. 3 vols. e índice. Nueva York: New City Press, 1999–2002 (vol. 1, The Saint, ISBN 1565481100).
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