brethren, particularly after it had been revealed to him that, among
all the temples consecrated under the name of the Blessed Virgin, this
was the one for which she had the greatest attachment.

At break of day he sent for the other religious by his companions,
with directions to bring with them the few pieces of furniture which
they had in the hut at Rivo Torto, in order to place them in the house
adjoining the church of St. Mary of the Angels, which the pious
ecclesiastic willingly gave up to them.

He communicated to the new guests the sanctity of the place they were
about to inhabit, and recommended them to live therein holily, never
ceasing to praise the Lord. Then he said to them: "You must be very
grateful to the Benedictine Fathers for the benefit they have conferred
upon us. They have consecrated all the habitations we shall hereafter
have, by this house of God, which is the model of the poverty which
must be observed in all the houses of our Order, and the precious germ
of the holiness which we must seek for in it."

But, in order to show that he did not live there as on a property
wholly his, as well as for a mark of his gratitude to his benefactors,
he took care to have taken yearly to the Abbey of Mount Soubazo, as
a ground-rent, a basket of fish, a species of mullet, which is taken
in quantities in the River Asi, or Chiascio, near the Church of St.
Mary of the Angels. The Friars Minor have always cherished the feelings
of the blessed Patriarch for the Order of St. Benedict. They will ever
manifest, with sincerest gratitude, that it is to this great order,
so ancient and so celebrated in the Church, that they are indebted for
their first establishment, and for many other benefits.