He had decided to quit his father's house and undertake the restoration of the chapel, after having broken the last ties that bound him to the past.

A horse and a few pieces of gayly colored stuffs were all that he possessed.

Arrived at home he made a packet of the stuffs, and mounting his horse he set out for Foligno.

This city was then as now the most important commercial town of all the region.

Its fairs attracted the whole population of Umbria and the Sabines.