Elias of Cortona (c. 1180 – April 22, 1253) was a close associate of Saint Francis of Assisi and one of the earliest followers to join the newly founded...

housed St Francis of Assisi himself in his lifetime. In 1235, Brother Elias of Cortona, Minister general of the Franciscans at the death of the founder, erected...

the day-to-day running of the Order was in the hands of Brother Elias of Cortona, an able friar who was elected as leader of the friars a few years after...

Faversham spoke out against Elias. On 15 May 1239, Albert was elected to replace Elias of Cortona as Minister General of the Order. The Mass Albert celebrated...

office of general of the order, which he entrusted first to Peter of Cattaneo. Upon Peter's early death on 10 March 1221, he appointed Elias of Cortona but...

(Brother) Elias of Cortona as Minister. By 1229, the friars had a small house near the fifth station of the Via Dolorosa. In 1272 the Sultan Baibars of Egypt...

construction was supervised by Brother Elias of Cortona, one of the first followers of Saint Francis and the former Vicar General of the Order under Saint Francis...

of Cortona, Italian friar and vicar general June 11 – Amadeus IV, Italian nobleman and knight (b. 1197) June 12 – Boniface II ("the Giant"), king of Thessalonica...

harsh account of Elias of Cortona, for example, where all of Salimbene's most violent prejudices have been engaged to blacken the character of a man he so...

first Franciscan monastery, founded by Father Elias of Cortona was built. After the 1291 conquest of the city by Muslims, the Franciscans had to leave Acre...