27/33 582, and A.SS., _Aprilis_, t.iii., p. 220 ff. In primordio religionis cum maneret apud Regum Tortum cum duobus fratribus quos tunc tantum habehat._ If we compare this passage with 3 Soc., 44, we shall doubtless arrive at the conclusion that the account in the Speculum is more satisfactory. It is in fact very easy to understand the optical illusion by which later on the Portiuncula was made the scene of the greater number of the events of St.Francis's life, while it would be difficult to see why there should have been any attempt to surround Rivo-Torto with an aureola. The Fioretti say: _Ando inverso lo spedale dei lebbrosi_, which confirms the indication of Rivo-Torto. |