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Order, and you, Brother Rinieri, fhall 

 wait upon the Brethren." And fo it 

 was; forafmuch as Brother Pilgrim would 

 never become a Prieft, but remained a Lay- 

 Brother, although he was moft learned, and 

 very wife in canon law. Through this his 

 humility he attained to exceeding great per- 

 fe6lion of virtue, fo much fo that Brother 

 Bernard, the eldeft fon of Saint Francis, 

 faid of him that he was one of the moft 

 perfe6l Friars in this World. And finally 

 the faid Brother Pilgrim, full of virtue, 

 paffed on from this life to the Bleffed Life, 

 working many miracles both before his death 

 and after. And the faid Brother Rinieri 

 devoutly and faithfully waited upon the 

 Friars, living in great fan6lity and humility; 

 and he became moft familiar with Saint 

 Francis, and Saint Francis revealed many 

 fecret things to him. Being then made 

 Minifter of the Province of the Marches of 

 Ancona, he long ruled in the utmoft peace 

 and difcretion. After a certain fpace God 

 permitted a fore Temptation to afiail his 

 foul ; at which he, vaftly troubled and 

 vexed, afflicted himfelf with Faftings, with 

 Difcipline, with Tears and with Prayers, by 

 day and by night, and ftill could not drive 



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