* 1.1 THere resteth no other memory recorded of the Martyrdome of Br. Electus, then this: The Mores tooke Br. Electus & many others (for preaching the holy gospell) to putt them to death. He being brought to the place of execution, tooke the rule of S. Francis in his hand, and said to his companion: Brother I confesse my fault before God and you, of what soeuer I may haue offended and committed against this rule which said, his head was cutt off, then his companions and consequent∣ly the others: after that, many miracles were wrought. Touching his Iife it is recorded that he entred very yong into the Order, in so much that he could not performe the fast therof, but forcing his nature he not only in this cōbat ouercame gluttony, but continually chasticed his flesh with a shirt of iron: happy child that began so yong to serue the al∣mighty, and so gloriously ended the course of his holy life.
The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.
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- The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue.
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- Marcos, de Lisboa, Bishop of Porto, 1511-1591.
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- At S. Omers :: By Iohn Heigham,
- 1618.
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- Francis, -- of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
- Franciscans -- Biography.
- Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
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"The chronicle and institution of the Order of the seraphicall father S. Francis conteyning his life, his death, and his miracles, and of all his holie disciples and companions / set foorth first in the Portugall, next in the Spanish, then in the Italian, lastlie in the French, and now in the English tongue." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01200.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2025.
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The Martyrdome of Br. Electus disciple of S. Francis; and of his companions. Ta∣ken out of the 35. chapter, and placed here for the reason aboue proposed.
The end of the fourth booke of the second part of the Chronicles of the Frere Minors, wherin are recorded the histories of 21. disciples of the holy Father S. Francis,
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* 1.1
A Frere Minor died with his rule in his hand.