A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 77
Ihey observe strictly the rule of St. Francis,going barefoot and keeping absolute the vow of poverty. Whenpreaching, he held in his hand a tablet on which was the name ofJesus in a circle of golden rays. A man who had lived by makingcards and dice complained to the saint that on account of ^ the… … 60 LEGENDS AND STORIES made a fortune m this way. St. Bernardino is said to have foundedthose institutions called still in France Monts-de-Piete, wheremoney is loaned on pledges. In the commencement they were en-tirely charitable and for the benefit of the poor. He died at Aquila,in the Abruzzi,…
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