The film was sonorized but there is no dialogue.
Three complete prints are known to survive: in Madrid, Lausanne and at Arizona State University.
Carlo Pinzauti was working in the restaurant at the main railway station in Florence when he was cast. This is his only film.
Because his great successes with Christus (1916) and The Passion of St. Francis (1927) were fondly remembered, Giulio Antamoro was brought out of semi-retirement to bring a prestige name to the project.
Planned to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the saint's death in 1231.