translate English to French: If he were overcome with fatigue or sleep he would rest for a short time on a rock, or if he were in choir, on the benches. At night he did not sleep in a bed, but he spent almost the whole night reading hymns and psalms.
L'ordre commença aussitôt à se répandre en Toscane et dans les autres régions du centre de l'Italie ou il diffusa la lumière de l'Evangile et le culte de la Vierge Marie.