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The Legend of the Three Companions — Francis of Assisi

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The Legend of the Three Companions

Legenda trium sociorum

Fresco de «Frater Franciscus» en el Sacro Speco de Subiaco
byFrancis of Assisi

It narrates the youth and conversion with family and local details absent from Celano (the San Damiano crucifix, the relationship with his father, the first brothers) and dwells on the foundation. It is key to the companions' memory as against the official version.

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Authorship note

A biographical source, not a work by Francis. Preceded by a letter signed at Greccio on 11 August 1246 by Brothers Leo, Rufino and Angelo; the relation between the letter and the surviving text, and its dating, remain debated.

Editions and translations

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  • San Francisco de Asís: Escritos, biografías, documentos de la época

    Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2003

    Translation: José Antonio Guerra (ed.)

    ISBN 8479146273

    Edición de conjunto (BAC 399; 1.ª ed. 1978, ISBN 8422008742). Contiene este escrito.

Other works by Francis of Assisi

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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