There is news of the presence of the first minor friars in Apulia since the year 1216 (see 1 Vitry 11: FF 2208). The Province of Apulia is one of the eleven Provinces established by San Francesco in 1217. Around 1221 San Francesco was in Apulia. It was certainly in Bari, but the tradition, which has been known since the end of the fourteenth century, is also founded that he visited the Sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo on Monte Gargano. In the series of minority provinces of the year 1239, that of S. Angelo in Apulia is distinguished from the other provinces: Provincia Sancti Michaelis Archangeli de Monte Gargano.

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