[1] When the saint and a fellow friar tried to enter Montella en route as pilgrims to the Sanctuary of St. Michael the Archangel at Mount Gargano, they were not permitted to do so because of fears of leprosy.

The church also has the cenotaph of Diego I Cavaniglia, Count of Montella, killed in September 1481 during the siege of Otranto for the liberation of the town conquered by the Ottomans in 1480.

[2] According to tradition, a sack of bread sent by Saint Francis of Assisi appeared on the doorstep of the friary in the winter of 1224.

[3] However, the saint was in France at the time, and it was believed that an angel delivered the bread, so this event was considered a miracle.

Scientists analyzed part of the sack and determined its radiocarbon date range was AD 1220–1295.