Chapter CLXVI. The bishop of Assisi's vision concerning the passing of the holy father

220. When the bishop of Assisi, who had gone on a pilgrimage at that time to the Church of S. Michael,¹ was lodging at Benevento on his way back, the blessed father Francis on the night of his death appeared to him in a vision, and said to him: "See, father I am leaving the world and going to Christ". When he arose in the morning the bishop told his companions what he had seen, sent for a notary, and set down the day and hour of the passing [of the Saint]. Then, filled with sorrow, and bedewed with tears, he bewailed the loss of his chiefest father. And so, on his return to his own city, he related all things in order and yielded boundless thanks to God for His gifts.