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fitting honor in the brothers' church in Cahors and shines with the brilliance of many signs.a Brother Stephen was a man of virtue and grace, formerly an abbot and an important person in the Order of Saint Benedict. Though he chose to be lesser for Christ, he was made Inquisitor against the heretics, and deserved being lifted on high by the crown of martyrdom and the glory of miracles. He lies in the brothers' church at Toulouse.b On a par with him was Brother Raymond, who was also crowned with martyrdom, and has been honorably buried there.c Brother Benvenutod and Brother Peter, former provincial minister of Calabria,e shine with so many miracles that it has been verified as a divine grace, which it truly is.
36It would take too long to mention each of the confessors and glorious martyrs who suffered for the faith of Christ and in defense of the Church under the Saracens as well as under supporters of the heretics, while these brothers, at the command of the Apostolic See, were inquiring into the irregularities of these heretics, suffered for the faith of Christ and the defense of the Church.
- The ChrXXIVG states: Brother Christopher was born in the vicinity of Romagna, became a diocesan priest and later, during Francis's lifetime, a brother who "enjoyed an intimate association with St. Francis as long as the saint was alive." His life was spent mostly in France, especially Acquitaine. He died in Cahors in 1272. Cf. ChrXXIVG, 161.
- Brother Stephen of Narbonne or, according to John Moorman, of Saint-Thibéry, cf. John Moorman, A History of the Franciscan Order (Oxford: Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1968), 302. He was martyred by the Albigensians in 1242 and beatified in 1862 by Pope Pius IX. Cf. Wadding, Annales, t. III (1238-1255) 1242, n.3.
- Raymond of Carbone, companion of Stephen of Narbonne with whom he was martyred and canonized.
- There are four brothers bearing the name, Benvenutus: the brother who died in Mantua in 1230, cf. Bartholomew of Pisa, De conformitate XI 525; Benvenutus of Recanati (+1289), ibid; Benvenutus of Gubbio (+1232), Wadding, Annales, 1232, 18; and Benvenutus, Bishop of Auxerre (1282). The ChrXXIVG suggests that this is a reference to Benvenutus of Gubbio "who, after many miracles in that diocese, was canonized," cf. ChrXXIVG, 498.
- Little is known of Peter of Calabria beyond a description found in Bartholomew of Pisa, De conformitate VIII 296; XI 532, that he was a man renowned for holiness.
Liber de Laudibus Beati Francisci, Fontes Franciscani, p. 1256-1257
32Columbinae simplicitatis frater Christophorus in ecclesia fratrum Caturci honore debito conditus, multorum micat claritate signorum. 33Vir virtutis et gratiae frater Stephanus, qui prius Abbas et magna in Ordine sancti Benedicti persona, dum propter Christum voluit minorari, factus contra haereticos Inquisitor, corona martyrii et signorum gloria meruit sublimari; Tolosae in ecclesia fratrum iacet. 34Ibi etiam pari cum eo decoratus martyrio frater Raymundus venerabiliter est sepultus. 35Frater Benevenutus et frater Petrus, Minister quondam Calabriae, tantis coruscant miraculis, ut divina, sicut est vere, gratia comprobetur.
36Longum esset prosequi de Confessoribus singulis et Martyribus gloriosis, qui tam sub Saracenis quam haereticorum fautoribus, dum super eorum pravitate de Sedis apostolicae mandato inquirerent, pro fide Christi et Ecclesiae defensione sunt passi.