An Umbrian native from the Valley of Spoleto, he entered the Friars Minor ca. 1220, travelling to Germany (1221), where he was ordained to the priesthood, serving as guardian at Mainz and custodian of Thuringia (1225). His Chronicle recounts events concerning the first friars in Germany.
English friar who entered the Order in 1232 ca., whose chronicle documents the first settlements of Franciscans in England from their arrival in 1224 until 1258.
Analecta Franciscana sive chronica aliaque varia documenta ad historiam Fratrum Minorum spectantia edita a PP. Collegii S. Bonaventurae adiuvantibus aliis eruditis vi- ris, 1885-1983. In 4°.
This major series assembles a variety of documents and studies which help to reconstruct Franciscan history throughout the ages. The volumes include editions of hagiographical texts, chronicles, necrologies, constitutions, business acts of the officials of the Order, processes of canonization, as well as monographic studies on various subjects.