Caesarius de Spira (Caesarius Spirensis/Caesarius von Speyer, d. 1239 )
Caesarius de Spira (Caesarius Spirensis/Caesarius von Speyer, d. 1239 ) OM. German friar. Studied in Paris, also as a student of Conrad of Speyer. Travelled to the Holy Land in 1217 (crusade) where he was accepted into the Franciscan order by friar Elias (then provincial minister of the Holy Land). Returned to Italy with Francis of Assisi in 1220 and involved with the composition of the regula ( non bullata ). Was sent as provincial minister to Germany, but returned to Italy in 1223 and was relieved of his function on his own request. According to Angelo Clareno, he was imprisoned during the rule of friar Elias.
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Sacrum commercium beati Francisci cum Domina Paupertate . Some scholars (for instance Michael Cusato) have ascribed to Caesarius the Sacrum commercium beati Francisci cum Domina Paupertate , which has been edited in several omnibus editions of early Franciscan sources. See also under Sacrum commercium in the list of anonymi elsewhere on this site.
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