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Tuscany, from the noble castle of Prato, who also lived for only a short time in office.a The thirteenth was Brother Matthew of Aquasparta; he also was minister for only a brief time, for he was chosen to be a Cardinal in the Roman Curia.b The fourteenth was Brother Raymond of the province of Provençe; after some years, because of the suggestion of certain people, he was removed by Pope Boniface VIII.c The fifteenth was Brother John of Murrovale, who afterwards was made a cardinal of the Holy Roman Church.d The sixteenth was Brother Gonsalvo, a doctor of sacred theology, a Spaniard from the province of Santiago.e
On the basis of this calculation, there are fifteen individuals who have been general minister, but there have been sixteen terms of office, because Brother Elias was released from office and later re-elected to it, the only general to which this happened.
Chronicle of Walter of Gisburn (1305-1313)
Walter, an Augustinian canon of Gisburn in Yorkshire, composed a chronicle of the major events of British history in the early years of the fourteenth century. The following account of the new mendicant orders is given under the year 1215.f
At that time, during the reign of King John, there arose the two new orders of the Preachers and the Minors . . . The blessed Francis began the Order of Friars Minor in the city of Assisi, where he also was born. Hearing one day what the Lord told his disciples when he sent them forth to preach, Francis got up immediately and began to put into practice with all his strength everything that he had heard. He removed the shoes from his feet and put on a single wretched tunic, taking a cord for a belt.g Thus he began his order of brothers near the same city of Assisi, at Saint Mary of the Portiuncula, in the year 1206, which was the fourteenth year of the pontificate of Innocent III,h who approved this order.
- Arlotto was elected at the chapter of 1285 and died the following year.
- Matthew was elected in 1287, and was made a cardinal the following year.
- Raymond Geoffroi was elected in 1289; he was removed in 1295 because Boniface considered him too sympathetic towards the Spirituals.
- John was elected in 1296, and made Cardinal Bishop of Porto in 1302.
- Gonsalvo was elected in 1304, serving until his death in 1313.
- Chronica de gestis regum Angliae, ed. Liebermann, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores, 28: 631-32; TM, 23-24.
- Based on 1C 22 cf. FA:ED I 201-2.
- Perhaps an error in transcribing XIIII for VIIII, as 1206 was the ninth year of Innocent's pontificate.