Marianus of Florence was a Friar Minor, historian, and chronicler of the

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; born in

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about the middle of the fifteenth century, exact date of birth uncertain; died there, 20 July 1523. Very little is known of his life and personality; none of his chronicles or other works have been published. In his most noted work entitled ''Fasciculus Chronicarum'', there is contained a history of the Franciscan Order from the beginning up to the year 1486. Though it was written three centuries after the death of St. Francis, it is not necessarily untrustworthy, for he had access to original sources now lost, of which some fragments have been passed on to us through him. Wadding (1907) complains that his style is crude and inelegant; some have attributed this to the impatience of the nun Dorothea Broccardi (Dorothea scripsit appears on all her handiwork), who offered to be his

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and who was continually pressing him for copy. Marianus fell a victim to the plague while engaged in administering the last sacraments to the inhabitants of his native city. Besides the Fasciculus Chronicarum, he is the author of a ''Catalogus seu brevis historia feminarum ordinis Sanctæ Claræ'' which contains biographical sketches of more than 150 illustrious women of the Second Order of St. Francis. Among his other writings may be mentioned ''Historia Montis Alverniæ'', ''Historia Provinciæ Etruriæ Ordinis Minorum'', ''Itinerarium Urbis Romæ'', and ''Historia Translationis Habitus Sancti Francisci a Monte Acuto ad Florentiam'' which has been translated into Italian and published by Fr. Roberto Razzoli in his monograph, ''La Chiesa d'Ognissanti in Firenze, Studi storicocritici'' (Florence, 1898).

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Luke Wadding Luke Wadding, O.F.M. (16 October 158818 November 1657), was an Irish Franciscan friar and historian. Life Early life Wadding was born on 16 October 1588 in Waterford to Walter Wadding of Waterford, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia ...

, ''Scriptores Ordinis Minorum'' (Rome, 1907), 167; ** Francesco della Rossa Bartholi, ''Tractatus de Indulgentia S. Mariœ de Portiuncula'', ed. Sabatier (Paris, 1900), 136–164; **Golubovitch, ''Biblioteca Bio-Bibliografica della Terra Santa'' (Quaracchi, 1906), 77–80; **Robinson, ''A Short Introduction to Franciscan Literature'' (New York, 1907), 17, 42 1523 deaths 16th-century Italian historians Italian Friars Minor Clergy from Florence 16th-century people of the Republic of Florence Year of birth unknown Writers from Florence {{Italy-reli-bio-stub