Book I, Chapter V
St Francis, by Jusepe de Ribera. Jusepe de Ribera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
“Francis naturally abhorred lepers; but one day he met a leper while he was riding near Assisi. Though the leper caused him no small disgust and horror,… he got off his horse and prepared to kiss the leper. But when the leper put out his hand as though to receive something, he received money along with a kiss. And immediately mounting his horse, Francis looked here and there about him; but though the plain lay open and clear on all sides, he could not see the leper anywhere.”