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LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 440 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LAP-LEO
LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270) , the favourite
disciple
 , secretary and confessor of St Francis of Assisi. The
dates
  of his
birth
  and of his becoming a Franciscan are not known; but he was one of the small group of most trusted companions of, the saint during his last years. After Francis's death Leo took a leading
part
  in the opposition to Elias: he it was who broke in pieces the
marble
  box which Elias had set up for offertories for the completion of the basilica at Assisi. For this Elias had him scourged, and this outrage on St Francis's dearest
disciple
  consolidated the opposition to Elias and brought about his deposition. Leo was the
leader
  in the early stages of the struggle in the order for the' maintenance of St Francis's ideas.on strict poverty, and the
chief
  inspirer of the tradition of the Spirituals on St Francis's
life
  and teaching. The claim that he wrote the so-called Speculum perfectionis cannot be allowed, but portions of it no doubt go back to him. A little volume of his writings has been published by Lemmeus (Scripta Iratris Leonis, 1901). Leo assisted at St Clara's deathbed, 1253; after suffering many persecutions from the dominant party in the order he died at the Portiuncula in extreme old age.
All that is known concerning him is collected by
Paul
  Sabatier in the " Introduction " to the Speculum perfectionis (1898). See ST


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