It could not have been otherwise.

They all grow out of the story that tells of an old man who comes knocking at the parents' door, begging them to let him take the infant in his arms, when he announces that it will do great things.

Under this form the episode certainly presents nothing impossible, but very soon marvellous incidents begin to gather around this nucleus until it becomes unrecognizable.

Bartholomew of Pisa has preserved it in almost its primitive form._Conform_., 28a 2.
Francis certainly had several brothers [3 Soc., 9.

_Mater_ ...
_quae cum prae ceteris filiis diligebat_], but they have left no trace in history except the incident related farther on.