They form, as it were, a series of documents about his life quite as important as the written witnesses.

Something of his soul may still be found in these caverns in the Apennine forests.

He never separated the contemplative from the active life.

A precious witness to this fact is found in the regulations for the brethren during their sojourn in hermitage.[10] The return of the Brothers to Rivo-Torto was marked by a vast increase of popularity.

The prejudiced attacks to which they had formerly been subjected were lost in a chorus of praises.