FOREWORD TO THE SIXTH EDITION

...the good priest Jacobilli, a fellow citizen of Angela, did so as early as 1747 in his Lives of the Saints of Umbria original: "Vies des saints de l'Ombrie".

Foligno was in a state of joy in February 1909; for several days, Angela was celebrated there. Canon Célestin Bordoni published a new study on the illustrious mystic, titled Teacher of Theologians, Angela of Foligno original Latin: "Magistrat theologorum, Angela da Foligno". The title "Teacher of Theologians" reflects the high regard for her spiritual insights despite her lack of formal education., which was deeply moving in its devotion.

Furthermore, Foligno possesses a prelate who, for many years and with a meticulous erudition that no amount of research can exhaust, has made himself the historian of Angela’s glory. I refer to Monsignor Michele Faloci Pulignani. As early as 1889, he published a bibliographic essay on the life and short works of the Blessed in the Franciscan Miscellany original: "Miscellanea Francescana", for which he serves as director. In that essay, he cataloged forty-five headings of printed works concerning her and eight headings of manuscripts whose comparison would be useful for a definitive edition of her works; we believe that, since then, Monsignor Faloci Pulignani’s lists have grown even more extensive.

Already, the edition of the Revelations printed in Foligno in 1714 marked an improvement over the one published in 1643 by Bolland in the Acts of the Saints original Latin: "Acta Sanctorum". The Bollandists were a group of Jesuit scholars who aimed to compile historically accurate biographies of the saints.. It is likely that the learned efforts of Monsignor Faloci Pulignani will help—