THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE FIRST CAPUCHIN FRATERNITIES

PART TWO

HISTORY AND CHRONICLE

SECTION THREE

SPIRITUALITY AND APOSTOLATE
FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FIRST CAPUCHINS (1536 – 1628)

I

LIFE – SPIRITUALITY

1. The way of life of the first Capuchin fraternities

TEXTS AND NOTES

The work of

CALLISTO URBANELLI

A translation from I FRATI CAPPUCCINI. Documenti e Testimonianze del Primo Secolo. Vol. II. A cura di COSTANZO CARGNONI. Roma 1982, 829-861.

Prepared in English by Gary Devery OFM Cap

1. Circular letter of Bernardino d’Asti (1548)

2. Letter of Giovanni da Fano to the Commune of Brescia (1536)

3. Brother Atanasio to St Carlo Borremeo (1578)

4. Mario da Mercato Saraceno to the Duke of Urbino (1580)

5. Giovanni da Rodi Garganico to Francesco da Jesi (1543)

6. Girolamo da Montefiore to the Cardinal Protector Giulio della Rovere (1573)

7. Girolamo da Montefiore to the Cardinal Protector (1574)

8. Girolamo da Pistoia to the Cardinal Protector (1565)

9. Brother Lorenzo to Francesco da Jesi (1548)

10. Mattia da Salò to Orazio Mancini (1595)

11. Mario da Mercato Saraceno to the Cardinal Protector (1565)

12. Evangelista da Connobio to the Cardinal Protector (1565)

13. Girolamo da Montefiore to the Cardinal Protector (1574)

14. Pastoral letter of Girolamo da Sorbo (1597)