⚠Significant ink bleed-through (ghosting) from the reverse side of the page is visible across the center.

AUTHORS

OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINORCommonly known as the Franciscans, a Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

A LIST OF THOSE

WHO FROM THE SAME ORDER, FOR THE FAITH OF CHRIST,

BRAVELY FELL.

THE FORMER WITH INK, THE LATTER WITH BLOOD,

DEFENDED THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

original: "Priores atramento, posteriores sanguine Christianam religionem asseruerunt." This poetic phrase contrasts the scholars (the authors) with the martyrs (those who "fell"), both of whom served the Church in different ways.

COMPILED BY

FRIAR LUKE WADDING

THEOLOGIAN OF THE SAME ORDER.

Luke Wadding (1588–1657) was an influential Irish Franciscan historian and scholar. This 1806 edition is a later printing of his monumental 1650 work.

A large, symmetrical woodcut vignette. The central element is a stylized human face or mask set within a decorative cartouche. The cartouche is adorned with elaborate acanthus leaves, floral motifs, and scrolls. Two winged griffins or dragons are perched atop the scrollwork, flanking the central crest and facing away from each other.

ROME 1806.

FROM THE PRINTING HOUSE OF SAINT MICHAEL AT THE RIVERBANK

original: "Ex Typographia S. Michaelis ad Ripam." This refers to the San Michele a Ripa Grande in Rome, a massive complex that included an apostolic printing house.

BY LINO CONTEDINI

BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SUPERIORS.

original: "Superiorum Facultate." This is an official statement indicating that the book has been granted permission to be printed by the ecclesiastical censors or religious leaders.