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Brother Rufino,a and Brother John de Laudibus,b who merited to touch the mortal wounds of the stigmata impressed on Francis's flesh while he was living.c Brother Angelo, who was close to Saint Francis;d Brother Leo, the saint's confessor;e another Brother Leo, who later, as Archbishop, energetically governed the Church at Milan;f and Brother James, who merited to observe the holy father's soul ascending into heaven like a star as brilliant as the sun.g And there were the holy fathers, Brother Anthony,h Brother Nicholas,i Brother Simon,j Brother Ambrose, Brother John,k and so many others, whom it would take too long to mention individually. They brought light to the early times with the light of their virtues. Their bodies are buried in peace and in sacred places for veneration. The bones of Brother Bernard, Brother Rufino, Brother Leo, and Brother Angelo were venerably buried in the Church of Saint Francis in Assisi; those of Brother Giles, in Perugia; of Brother Soldanerio, in the church of the brothers in Viterbo; but those of Brother Juniperl are buried in the Church of Saint Mary on the Capitolio in Rome.
- Cf. infra 687-8.
- The author of Chronicle of The Twenty-Four General Ministers (written roughly between 1327 and 1377), probably Arnald of Sarrant, states that John de Laudibus (+1266) was buried in Aquasparta, cf. Patres Collegii S. Bonaventurae, ed. AF, t. III, Chronica XXIV Generalium Ordinis Minorum cum pluribus appendicibus inter quas excellit hucusque ineditus Liber de Laudibus S. Francisci Fratris Bernardi a Bessa (Ad Claras Aquas, Quaracchi: Collegium S. Bonaventurae, 1897) (hereafter ChrXXIVG); while Bartholomew of Pisa maintains he was buried in Bittoni, cf. Bartholomew of Pisa, De Conformitate Vitae Beati Francisci ad Vitam Domini Iesu, Analecta Franciscana sive Chronica Aliaque Varia Documenta ad Historiam Fratrum Minorum Spectantia, t. III, (Ad Claras Aquas, Quaracchi: Collegium S. Bonaventurae, 1906), 243.
- Little is known about these followers. Arnaldo Fortini identifies Rufino as Rufino di Scipione di Offreduccio, a first cousin of Saint Clare, cf. Arnaldo Fortini, Nova Vita di San Francesco II (Assisi: Edizioni Assisi, 1959), 383-387. He was with Francis on LaVerna in 1224, and died on November 14, 1278 and is buried near Francis's tomb. Cf. ChrXXIVG, 225, nn. 3, 4, and 7, and pp. 46 and 252.
- Cf. FA:ED II 67 a.
- This is the first reference to Brother Leo as Francis's "confessor," suggesting that he was a priest, although whether he was ordained before he entered the Order or afterwards is not known. Fortini notes: "The only Leo in Assisi records is a 'Domino Leone'—a title sometimes used for priests," cf. Arnaldo Fortini, Francis of Assisi, trans. Helen Moak (New York: Crossroad, 1981), 324f. In addition to his role as confessor, he was his frequent companion and secretary. He died possibly on November 15, 1278, and is buried near the tomb of Saint Francis. cf. ChrXXIVG, 65; 226, n. 2, for Brother James, 226, n. 3.
- Bartholomew of Pisa writes that Brother Leo was Archbishop of Milan from 1244 till his death in 1263, was "a man of strenuae [vigorous] holiness," and was buried in Legnano. Cf. Bartholomew of Pisa, Conformitate VIII 302, 363; XI 526.
- Cf. 1C 110, FA:ED I 278b; LMj XIV 6, FA:ED II 644.
- Possibly a reference to Saint Anthony of Padua, cf. FA:ED I 107 a.
- Arnald of Sarrant writes in the ChrXXIVG 225 that Nicholas was a most holy man, renowned for his miracles, and buried in Bologna. A marginal note in manuscript B of the ChrXXIVG indicates that Nicholas was of Rhenish origin, a priest and lawyer, and died in 1225.
- Cf. infra 36, 538-40; 633-5.
- Nothing is known of either Ambrose or John.
- Cf. infra 36.
Liber de Laudibus Beati Francisci, Fontes Franciscani, p. 1255-1256
frater Rufinus et frater Iohannes de Laudibus, qui viventis in carne Francisci letale stigmatum vulnus tangere meruit; 16sic frater Angelus familiaris Sancti, [frater Leo eiusdem sancti] confessor, et alter frater Leo, qui strenue postmodum Mediolanensem rexit Ecclesiam archipraesul, 17et frater Iacobus, qui animam sancti Patris in specie stellae instar solis praefulgidae ascendentem in coelum meruit intueri; 18sic sancti patres: frater Antonius, frater Nicolaus, frater Simon, frater Ambrosius, frater Iohannes et alii quam plures, de quibus singillatim texere longum esset, suarum luce virtutum priora tempora illuxerunt. 19Corpora eorum in pace sepulta sunt et sacris posita locis venerationi habentur. 20Nam fratris Bernardi, fratris Rufini, fratris Leonis et fratris Angeli apud Assisium in ecclesia sancti Francisci, sed fratris Aegidii apud Perusium; fratris Soldanerii in ecclesia fratrum Viterbii, sed fratris Iuniperi Romae in ecclesia sanctae Mariae de Capitolio sacra venerabiliter ossa sunt condita.