Arnald of Sarrant
Arnald of Sarrant (
Arnald was the author of The Kinship of Saint Francis (De cognatione sancti Francisci), completed after 1365,[2] and probably also of the Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor, which was completed by 1374. According to Bartholomew of Pisa, who used the Kingship for his Book of Conformities, Arnald "was a man of praiseworthy life and talent, who transcribed everything he could find about blessed Francis."[1] The Kinship introduced the nine conformities of Francis of Assisi's life to the life of Jesus and thus marks a turning point in the hagiography of Francis. Arnald notes that Francis's great grand-niece was still young in 1365 and one of his great grand-nephews had died in the Black Death in 1349.[2]
References
- ^ a b Noel Muscat, ed. Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Generals of the Order of Friars Minor [1369-1374], Section 1: Saint Francis and His Companions (TAU Franciscan Communications, 2010), pp. 7–8.
- ^ a b English translation of the Kinship in Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann and William J. Short, eds., Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, Vol. 3: The Prophet (New City Press, 1999), pp. 671–733.