_Ann._ 1224 _apud_ Pertz, Script.xvi.We shall find St.Francis often making allusions to the tales of the Round Table and the _Chanson de Roland_.
[9] We must not be led astray by certain remarks upon his ignorance, from which one might at first conclude that he knew absolutely nothing; for example, 2 Cel., 3, 45: _Quamvis homo iste beatus nullis fuerit scientiae studiis innutritus_.

This evidently refers to science such as the Franciscans soon came to apprehend it, and to theology in particular.
The close of the passage in Celano is itself an evident proof of this.
[10] Bon., 219; Cf.

A.SS., p.560a.1 Cel., 23.
[11] Ozanam, _Documents inedits pour servir a l'histoire litteraire d'Italie du VIIIe au XIIIe siecle_.

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