The Fourteenth General: Brother John Minius of Morrovalle

86 Boniface VII present at the election: The General receives Saint Louis to the Order 87 Canonisation of Saint Louis King of France and the death of Saint Louis, Bishop of Tolosa 88 The General is made Cardinal

(86) The fourteenth General was the Venerable Father John of Morro, from the Province of the Marches. He was elected in the General Chapter assembled in Anagne, a town in the Roman countryside, in the presence of Boniface VIII during the second year of his Pontificate in the year of the Lord 1296.

By the will of His Holiness, in the same year this General received into the Order the glorious Saint Louis, son of the king of Sicily. His Holiness had already appointed him Bishop of Tolosa. The Saint did not want to accept the Episcopate until he was clothed in the Minors’ habit and made profession. For until then he had worn it secretly against his bare skin and had made profession into the hands of the General. Then publicly in the presence of two Cardinals from the Order of Minors received the habit and he wore it publicly until his death.

(87) On Sunday the 13th August in the year of the Lord 1297, in the city of Orvieto, His Holiness Boniface VIII canonised Saint Louis King of France with great solemnity. Having declared him a saint he wrote him into the catalogue of Saints. This was the third year of his Pontificate.

On the 19th August in the year of the Lord 1299 in a castle called Bringola, the glorious Saint Louis, Bishop of Tolosa, after having received devoutly all the most holy sacraments, passed away from this life and flew away gloriously to heaven.

Under this General, in his time, the Subtle Doctor John Scotus flourished.

(88) This General governed the Order for six years. However the holy Pontiff Boniface VIII then chose him as Cardinal and Bishop of Ostia, and so he absented himself from the Order.