Still it remains difficult to understand why Celano did not name Elias here, but the passage, 1 Cel., 6, differs in the different manuscripts (cf.

A.SS.

and Amoni's edition, p.

14) and may have been retouched after the latter's fall.
Beviglia is a simple farm three-quarters of an hour northwest of Assisi, almost half way to Petrignano.

Half an hour from Assisi in the direction of Beviglia is a grotto, which may very well be that of which we are about to speak.
[11] 1 Cel., 6; 2 Cel., 1, 5; 3 Soc., 8, 12; Bon., 10, 11, 12.
[12] 3 Soc., 7; 1 Cel., 7; 2 Cel., 1, 3; 3 Soc., 13.
[13] 3 Soc., 8-10; Bon., 13, 14; 2 Cel., 1, 4.
[14] To this day in the centre and south of Italy they kiss the hand of priests and monks.
[15] See the Will.Cf.3 Soc., 11; 1 Cel., 17; Bon., 11; A.SS., p.