See also:

• BROTHER

BROTHER See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• BROTHER LEO (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

LEO (d. c. 1270)  , the favourite See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple, secretary and See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor of St See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis of See also:

• ASSISI (anc. Asisium)

Assisi . The See also:

• DATES

dates of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and of his becoming a Franciscan are not known; but he was one of the small See also:

• GROUP

group of most trusted companions of, the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint during his last years . After Francis's See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the opposition to See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias: he it was who See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke in pieces the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box which Elias had set up for offertories for the completion of the See also:

• BASILICA

basilica at Assisi . For this Elias had him scourged, and this See also:

• OUTRAGE (through O. Fr. ultrage, oltrage, oultrage, from Lat. ultra, beyond, exceeding, cf. Ital. oltraggio; the meaning has been influenced by connexion with " rage," anger)

outrage on St Francis's dearest disciple consolidated the opposition to Elias and brought about his deposition . Leo was the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early stages of the struggle in the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for the' See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of St Francis's ideas.on strict poverty, and the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief inspirer of the tradition of the Spirituals on St Francis's See also:

• LIFE

life and teaching . The claim that he wrote the so-called See also:

• SPECULUM

Speculum perfectionis cannot be allowed, but portions of it no doubt go back to him . A little See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his writings has been published by Lemmeus (Scripta Iratris Leonis, 1901) . Leo assisted at St See also:

• CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara's deathbed, 1253; after suffering many persecutions from the dominant party in the order he died at the Portiuncula in extreme old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . All that is known concerning him is collected by See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• SABATIER, LOUIS AUGUSTE (1839-1901)

Sabatier in the " Introduction " to the Speculum perfectionis (1898) .