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 states that it was finished in the July after the death of St Francis. Such extreme precision does not leave much room for error. Moreover, there is practically no serious internal evidence against the date 1227. It is true that the Casanatese Codex, at the beginning of Chap. iv. speaks of "Sanctum Franciscum," whereas St Francis was not canonized until 1228. But this, even if some refuse to translate it simply "the holy