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 Francis," and insist upon "St Francis," I think it is fair to regard as the slip of a scribe, more especially as the Vincenzian Codex gives "beatum" in the same place, and both Italian versions have "beato." There is, therefore, no substantial reason why we may not regard the "Sacrum Commercium" as written in 1227, and it is interesting to note that this little allegory is thus the first book ever written on St Francis, for Thomas of