Dalla sequela alla conformitas nella Vita brevior di Tommaso da Celano

The Vita brevior is a work of recent discovery, composed by the friar Thomas during the administration of Elias. The lexical analysis of the work showed a consistent presence of the theme of sequela and the verb adhaerere, while remains less or almost absent the lexicon of imitatio and conformitas. The preference for the lemma sequela and the verb adhaerere demonstrates a certain lexical continuity in all the works of Thomas, in which emerge most this use. Besides the theme of sequela was very dear to Francis of Assisi, who in his works makes exclusive use of the semantic family of sequi to express his relationship with Christ.