 Whatever objects touched him seemed to work some prodigious sign.Seraphin was assigned as to serve variously as a porter or questor at various friaries throughout the March, but most of his religious life was spent at Ascoli Piceno, where, after his death, his picture became commonly displayed in homes and public buildings as if it were a noble shield or coat of arms.A Capuchin custom was to keep rooms near the porter's office available for the use of travelers and pilgrims.