Many thanks to the Franciscan scholar-saints of blessed memory who laid the foundation for our understanding of these tales today, including Luke Wadding, Paul Sabatier, G. K. Chesterton, Raphael Brown, John Moorman, and David Burr. And thanks, most of all, to Brothers Leo, Angelo, Rufino, Ugolino, and all the men and women who have lived in order to tell the story.