Angels--Blesses the town of Assisi--Informs a pious widow of his
approaching death--Blesses his brethren a second time, and makes them
eat a bit of bread, blessed by his hand--Gives a special blessing to
Bernard, the eldest of his children--What we may presume were his
dispositions in receiving the last sacraments--He stretches himself
naked on the bare ground--Desires to be buried in the place of
execution--Exhorts his brethren--He has the praises of God sung when
at the point of death--He speaks to his children, and blesses them for
the last time--Has the passion of Jesus Christ read to him--He recites
the 141st psalm, and dies after the last verse--Miraculous proofs of
his beatitude--State of his body after death--The Stigmata are seen
and touched publicly--His obsequies--Clare and her daughters see and
kiss the Stigmata--He is buried at Assisi, in the church of S.
George--The circular written after his death--His canonization--The
Church of S. Francis at Assisi--He is buried there--Researches are
made to find the sacred body--The mission of St. Francis--The fruits
of his labor.

Devotion of S. Francis towards Jesus Christ crucified--To what a degree
he loved poverty--How great was the austerity of his life--His
humility--His obedience--His gift of prayer and contemplation--His
love of God--His sentiments of filial love on the mystery of the
Incarnation--On the fast of Jesus Christ in the desert--On the mystery
of the Eucharist--S. Francis, in his humility, would not be made
priest--His devotion towards the Mother of God--Towards the angels and
saints--His charity towards his neighbor--His zeal for the salvation
of souls--His affection for the poor--The affection of his heart for
all creatures--The pains he took to lead his brethren to perfection--His
tender charity towards his brethren--His discretion and wisdom in the
government of the Order--His supernatural and acquired knowledge--The