Cf.
_Conform._, 53b, 2.

_Fratri Egidio dedit licentiam liberam ut iret quocumque vellet et staret ubicumque sibi placeret._ [20] The hermitage of Monte-Casale, at two hours walk northeast from Borgo San Sepolero, still exists in its original state.

It is one of the most significant and curious of the Franciscan deserts.
[21] The office of guardian (superior of a monastery) naturally dates from the time when the Brothers stationed themselves in small groups in the villages of Umbria--that is to say, most probably from the year 1211.

A few years later the monasteries were united to form a custodia.

Finally, about 1215, Central Italy was divided unto a certain number of provinces with provincial ministers at their head.