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the_o service_n which_o brother_n francis_n have_v do_v he_o for_o he_o be_v a_o great_a defender_n of_o the_o pope_n canonize_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o the_o saint_n this_o canonization_n be_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1228._o moreover_o pope_n alexander_n the_o four_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1254._o understanding_n that_o st._n francis_n be_v on_o mount_n alverno_n when_o he_o receive_v the_o impression_n of_o these_o wound_n take_v this_o occasion_n to_o augment_v his_o revenue_n for_o he_o declare_v that_o all_o the_o ecclesiastical_a land_n and_o good_n in_o that_o mountain_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o be_v direct_o and_o immediate_o subject_a to_o the_o church_n 10._o of_o rome_n moreover_o he_o do_v personal_o cite_v and_o adjourn_v