Crossword-Solution: TODI 4 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 5

After the Rule came the _Fioretti_; after Francis and Bonaventure came Celano and Jacopone da Todi; after Arnolfo del Lapo and his attention to business came the hours of ease when he planned the airy plume on which the Church leaps skyward; and came also Giotto to weave the crown of Santa Croce.

For in thee the heart so joyful dwells, that he who feels it not can never say how sweet it is to taste thy savour"--Jacopone da Todi: Lauda 101.] [Footnote 16: Isaiah xl, 29-31.] [Footnote 17: Aug.: Conf.

Catherine of Siena had their strong political interests; Jacopone da Todi combined the careers of contemplative politician and poet.

Jacopone da Todi, the prosperous lawyer converted to Christ's poverty, resorted to the most grotesque devices to express his utter separation from the world.

But the crucial question which religion asks must be, does fresh life flow in from those visions and contacts, that intercourse? Is transcendental feeling involved in them? "What fruits dost thou bring back from this thy vision?" says Jacopone da Todi;[98] and this remains the only real test by which to separate day-dreams from the vitalizing act of contemplation.