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Bibliographic
Guide |
Francis
of Assisi
(1182
- 1226)
Encyclopedia articles: R. Bucher (ER); L. Di Fonzo
(DIP); L. Hardick (NCE); L.K. Little (DMA); E. Longpre (DS, under “Freres
Mineurs”); A. Pompei, L. Di Fonzo (BS); P. Robinson (CE)
[Abbreviation
key]
Works:
English
Regis J. Armstrong, Ignatius C. Brady (trs.)
Francis and Clare: The Complete Works.
New York: Paulist Press, 1982.
Complete
Collections of Works and Early Biographies: English
Regis J. Armstrong, Wayne Hellmann, William J. Short (ed.) Francis
of Assisi: Early Documents. New York: New City Press, 1999-2000.
3 vols.
Marian A. Habig (ed.)
St. Francis of Assisi: Writings and Early Biographies; English Omnibus of the
Sources for the Life of St. Francis. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Pr., 1973,
1977.
Other
Collections
Lawrence Cunningham (ed.) Brother Francis : An Anthology of Writings by and About St. Francis of
Assisi. New York: Harper and Row, 1972.
Regis J. Armstrong (ed.)
St. Francis of Assisi: Writings for a Gospel Life. New York: Crossroad,
1994.
I
Fioretti; or, The Little Flowers of St. Francis
E. M. Blaiklock, A. C. Kerp (trs.) The Little Flowers of
Saint Francis: The Acts of Saint Francis and His Companions. Ann Arbor :
Servant Books, 1985.
Raphael Brown (tr.) The
Little Flowers of St. Francis. Garden
City, NY: Hanover House, 1958.
Donald Demaray (tr.) The
Little Flowers of St. Francis : A Paraphrase.
New York : Alba House, 1992.
Otto Karrer (tr.) The
Little Flowers, Legends, and Lauds : St. Francis and Others.
London : Sheed and Ward, 1984.
Biographies
and Studies
Edward A. Armstrong. Saint
Francis Nature Mystic : The Derivation and Significance of the Nature Stories in
the Franciscan Legend. Berkeley,
CA : University of California Pr., 1973, 1976.
Murray
Bodo. Francis
: The Journey and the Dream. Cincinnati
: St. Anthony Messenger Pr., 1972, 1988.
Leonardo
Boff. Saint
Francis : A Model for Human Liberation. New
York : Crossroad, 1982.
Butler's
Lives of the Saints. New Full Edition. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1997.
(October, p.17-26)
G. K. Chesterton. St. Francis of Assisi. London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1923.
Cuthbert of Brighton. Life of St. Francis of Assisi.
London: Longmans, Green, 1912.
Omer
Englebert. Saint
Francis of Assisi. 2nd
edition, revised & augmented by Ignatius Brady & Raphael Brown. Chicago: Franciscan
Herald Pr., 1966.
[The value of this particular edition is greatly enhanced by the extensive notes
added by Brady, and the inclusion of a research bibliography by Brown]
Arnaldo Fortini. Francis
of Assisi. New York: Crossroad, 1981.
[An abridged translation by Helen Moak of the 5 vol. Italian original published
in 1959]
Chiara Frugoni. Francis
of Assisi: A Life. New York:
Continuum, 1998.
Johannes
Jörgensen. Saint
Francis of Assisi: A Biography. New
York: Longmans, Green, 1912.
Raoul Manselli. St.
Francis of Assisi. Chicago:
Franciscan Herald Pr., 1988.
John Moorman. St. Francis of Assisi. New Edition.
London: S.P.C.K., 1976.
Paul
Sabatier. Life
of St. Francis of Assisi. New
York: Scribner's and Sons, 1894.
Walter Seton (ed.) St. Francis of Assisi: 1226-1926:
Essays in Commemoration. London: University of London, 1926.
Richard C. Trexler. Naked
Before the Father: The Renunciation of Francis of Assisi.
New York: Peter Lang, 1989.
Journal
Articles
“Francis of Assisi” Christian History 13.2 (1994)
[entire issue]
"St. Francis of Assisi"
Sojourners 10.12 (December 1981) 12-24.
[A series of short articles and reflections]
Séamus Mulholland. "Francis
of Assisi: Harbinger of a New Medieval Radicalism"
The
Cord 48.6 (1998)
292-300.
Matthias Newman. "The
Holiness of Saint Francis: Spiritual Vision and Lived Suffering" Review
for Religious 44 (1985) 679-90.
Octavian Schmucki. "The Way of Life According to the
Gospel as it was Discovered by St. Francis of Assisi" Greyfriars Review
2.3 (1988) 1-56.
Octavian Schmucki. “The
Mysticism of St. Francis in the Light of His Writings" Greyfriars Review
3.3 (1989) 241-266.
Patrick McCloskey. "Francis:
Saint for a New Millenium" St. Anthony Messenger 106 (Jan.
1999) 29-33.
C.J.T.
Talar. "Saint
of Authority and the Saint of the Spirit" Church History 82
(1996) 23-29.
Works: Latin Critical Edition
Kajetan
Esser (ed.) Die Opuscula des hl. Franziskus von Assisi. Neue
texkritische Edition. Grottaferrata: College of St. Bonaventure, 1976. (Spicilegium Bonaventurianum ;
13)
Kajetan
Esser (ed.) Opuscula Sancti Patris Francisci Assisiensis. Grottaferrata:
College of St. Bonaventure, 1978. (Bibliotheca Francescana Ascetica Medii Aevi ;
12)
Works and Early Biographies: Latin Critical Edition
Enrico
Menestň, Stefano Brufani (eds.) Fontes Franciscani. Assisi:
Edizioni Porziuncola, 1995.
Concordances
Corpus des Sources Franciscaines : Concordance, Index, Listes de
Frequences, Tables Comparatives. Louvain : CETEDOC, 1974-90.
[1. Thesaurus
Celanensis / G. Mailleux (1974).—2. S. Bonaventurae Legendae Maior et Minor /
J.-F. Godet (1975).—3. Legenda Trium Sociorum,
Anonymus Perusinus, Julian de Spira, Sacrum Commercium / J.-F. Godet, G.
Mailleux (1976).—4. Legenda Perusina, Speculum Perfectionis / J.-F. Godet, G.
Mailleux (1978).—5. Opuscula
S. Francisci, Scripta S. Clarae / J.-F. Godet, G. Mailleux (1976).—6. Actus
Beati Francisci et Sociorum Eius / P. Beguin (1987).—7. Jordan de Jano / P.
Beguin (1990)]
Complete
Collections of Works and Early Biographies: French
Theophile
Desbonnets, Damien Vorreux (ed.) Saint Francois d’Assise: Documents
et Premieres Biographies. 2nd
ed. Paris: Editions Franciscaines, 1968.
Complete
Collections of Works and Early Biographies: Italian
Fonti Francescane: Scritti e Biografie di San
Francesco d’Assisi, Cronache e Altre Testimonianze del Primo Secolo
Francescano, Scritti Biografie di Sana Chiara d’Assisi.
3rd ed. Padua: Edizioni Messaggero Padova,
1983.
Complete Collections of
Works and Early Biographies: Portuguese
Ildefonso Silveira, Orlando dos Reis (eds.) Sao Francisco
de Assis: Escritos e Biografias de Sao Francisco de Assis Cronicas e Outros
Testemunhos do Primeiro Seculo Franciscano. 2nd ed. Petropolis:
Editora Vozes, CEFEPAL, 1982.
Complete
Collections of Works and Early Biographies: Spanish
Juan R. de Legisima, Lino Gomez Canedo (eds.) San
Francisco de Asis: Sus Escritos, Las Florecillas, Biografias del Santo por
Celano, San Buenaventura y Los Tres Companeros, Espejo de Perfeccion. 5th
ed. Madrid: BAC, 1971.
Jose Antonio Guerra (ed.) San
Francisco de Asis : Escritos, Biografias, Documentos de la Epoca. Madrid:
BAC, 1978.
Compiled by Anthony J.
LoGalbo, OFM and Paul
J. Spaeth