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Noted Franciscan scholars Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, and William Short spearheaded a collabrative effort of translators, scholars and technicians to publish this series. Many of these texts had been published in critical, scholarly European editions, but were not available in English. All three volumes contain helpful introductions to each section, colored maps, cross references, and extensive annotation.The Prophet contains: A Book of the Praises of Saint Francis by Bernard of Besse The Versified Life of Saint Francis by Henri d'Avranches A Collection of Sayings of the Companions of Blessed Francis The Tree of the Crucified Life of Jesus A Mirror of the Perfection The Book of Chronicles or of the Tribulations of the Order of Lesser Ones by Angelo Clareno The Deeds of Blessed Francis and His Companions by Ugolino Boniscambi The Little Flowers of Saint Francis Liturgical Texts for the Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis The Kinship of Saint Francis by Arnald of Sarrant Related Documents

Renowned Franciscan scholar Paul Sabatier called it "the most important work that has been made on the life of Saint Francis." The Conformity represents the high- point of medieval glorification of St. Francis. It contains a nearly complete record of the saint's own writings, and material from all known hagiographical legends of the saint.