After hearing Mass, and praying until terce,...the priest, at the request of St. Francis, took the missal, and having made the sign of the most holy cross, opened it three times in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[2]Bernard sold all that he had and went to the Square of St. George, where assisted by Francis, he gave everything to widows, to orphans, to prisoners, to monasteries, to hospitals and to pilgrims.

Upon first entering Bologna, because of his appearance, he was mocked and abused as a thief or deserter; but after showing Francis' Rule to the local magistrate, the people's attitude changed.

Bernard subsequently asked Francis to send someone to replace him at Bologna lest he be tempted to pride due to the honor and respect shown to him.

When they met again a year later, the sick man had recovered, and Francis and Bernard continued through Aragon and Catalonia, Roussillon to Montpellier, and through Piedmont back to his chapel at Santa Maria dei Angeli in Assisi.