How S. Agnes was by the holy F. S. Francis sent to Florence, there to build a monastery.
CHAP. I.
THE virgin & espouse of our Redeemer Ie∣sus Christ, Agnes, & true companion of Saint Clare, aswell in
The life of the glorious virgin S. Clare Togeather with the conuersion, and life of S. Agnes her sister. And of another S. Agnes, daughter to the King of Bohemia. Also the rule of S. Clare. And the life of S. Catharine of Bologna. Translated into English.
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- The life of the glorious virgin S. Clare Togeather with the conuersion, and life of S. Agnes her sister. And of another S. Agnes, daughter to the King of Bohemia. Also the rule of S. Clare. And the life of S. Catharine of Bologna. Translated into English.
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- Marcos, de Lisboa, Bishop of Porto, 1511-1591.
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- [Saint-Omer :: English College Press],
- Permissu superiorum. M.DC.XXII. [1622]
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- Clare, -- of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253 -- Early works to 1800.
- Agnes, -- of Assisi, -- Saint, 1196-1253 -- Early works to 1800.
- Agnes, -- Princess of Bohemia, 1205-1282 -- Early works to 1800.
- Francis, -- of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Early works to 1800.
- Christian saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
- Christian saints -- Italy -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"The life of the glorious virgin S. Clare Togeather with the conuersion, and life of S. Agnes her sister. And of another S. Agnes, daughter to the King of Bohemia. Also the rule of S. Clare. And the life of S. Catharine of Bologna. Translated into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A18932.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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bloud, as in vertue & Religion, perseuered & persisted in notable sanctity of life in the monastery of S. Damian: & from the tyme of her entrance into Religion, euen to her death, she alwayes wore a ve∣ry rough hairecloath next her ten∣der skin. Her ordinary refection was almost alwayes bread and wa∣ter, being naturally very pittifull to euery one. S. Francis finding this virgin to haue obteyned of God, by meanes & assistance of her sister, a worthy perfection, he sent her to Florence, there to found a nevv Monastery of poore Sisters called mount Caeli, wherof Saint Francis made her Abbesse.
This holy virgin induced many soules to abandon the world, and to serue Iesus Christ, which she
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did by meanes of her pious conuer∣sation, & sanctity of life, by holy discourses, and wordes of God, that sweeetly flowed out of her mouth: and as a perfect contem∣ner of transitory thinges, & fol∣lower of Iesus Christ, she planted in this monastery (conformably to the desire of the holy Father Saint Francis, & of S▪ Clare) the obser∣uance, & profession of Euangeli∣call pouerty: but being exceeding∣ly grieued with the absence of her sister, she wrote this letter follo∣wing vnto her, and to all the Reli∣gious of the monastery of S. Dami∣an, wherin she had receiued her e∣ducation, and spirituall nourture.