§ 13.

  We give thanks, therefore, to God as much as We can, because He has considered us worthy, through whom this canonization is celebrated, which though, with the divine, extant monuments of letters and trembling miracles, could have already long ago been (celebrated) in due form, however never before this had it been sought with such diligence either by princes or by others. In Our time, Our most dear sons in Christ, Frederick the forever august Emperor of the Romans, the illustrious kings: the most christian Louis of the Franks, Ferdinand of Sicily and Matthew of Hungary; and also the beloved sons, the noblemen Alphonsus of Calabria, John Mazencio of the Venetians, John Hacam (who in Italian is called Giovanni Galeazzo Sforza) of Milan, and John Burbon, (all) distinguished dukes; morevover the citizens of Florence, Siena, Lyons, Paris and, that which bore such a beaming light, Bagnoregio, with such earnestness and such perseverance requested it from Us that We would think it hard and impious to resist them in a thing so pious, which they even seemed to request as having been moved by God. The assiduous prayers of our venerable brother Julian, Bishop of Savina, Protector of the Order itself were added, and also (those) of our beloved sons Francis Samson, the Minister General, and Peter of Rudolf, the Procurator of the said Order, a professor of Sacred Theology, who in the name of their General Chapter requested it as something just and due. We had read most studiously the divine writings of this Saint, by which, after We were permitted to understand something after a lifetime, we were always delighted. We had heard also from the more ancient friars of the aforesaid Religion and indeed from grave men, that even those of greater age had known that the fame of the sacredness of his life was constant; We were accustomed to know of the many and greatest miracles, nor was there on that account any doubt in our mind, but that he had triumphed in the Church Triumphant in Heaven and merited veneration upon earth.