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    The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant...
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  • The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within...
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    The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M. Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order. Conventual...
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    Franciscan friars, official name: Friars Minor (OFM). The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin or simply Capuchins, official name: Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM...
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  • Recollects (French: Récollets) were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects...
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    of 11 February 1304. Order of Minims (hermits of St. Francis of Paola) founded 1436. Other Franciscan orders: Order of Friars Minor Conventual Order of...
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    A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders in the Catholic Church. There are also friars outside of the Catholic Church, such as within the Anglican...
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    Rule of Saint Augustine, written by Augustine of Hippo in the fifth century. They are also commonly known as the Augustinians, Austin friars, or Friars Hermits...
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  • Custody of the Holy Land (Latin: Custodia Terræ Sanctæ) is a custodian priory of the Order of Friars Minor in Jerusalem, founded as the Province of the Holy...
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    years after founding the Order of Friars Minor, Francis of Assisi and Clare of Assisi founded the Order of Saint Clare, or Order of Poor Ladies, on Palm Sunday...
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  • general of the different branches of the Order of Friars Minor. It is a term exclusive to the order and comes directly from its founder, St. Francis of Assisi...
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    against the Institute for the Works of Religion ("Vatican Bank" or "IOR") and the Franciscan Order ("Order of Friars Minor"). The case was filed in San Francisco...
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    structure of leadership and oversight. Later the mendicant orders such as the Carmelites, the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of Preachers, the Order of the...
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    prelate who has served as Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan since 2021. He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was made a cardinal on...
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    being reassigned to Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano in 2025. It has been administered by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin since 1928. On 10 March 2013,...
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    man of Cardinal Richelieu, the de facto ruler of France. Leclerc was a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and wore the gray-colored robe of that...
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    the apostles of the primitive Church. Out of this ideal emerged two orders of mendicant friars – one, the Friars Minor, led by Francis of Assisi; the other...
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  • of the ministers general of the Franciscans. This includes the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, and the Order of Friars Minor...
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    Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and dissolved...
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    (Order of Friars Minor, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and Order of Friars Minor Conventual) and Franciscan Third Order Regular (TOR), which belong to...
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  • Greyfriars, Grayfriars or Gray Friars is a term for Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, in particular, the Conventual Franciscans. The term often refers...
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    Solanus Casey (category People of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York)
    November 25, 1870 – July 31, 1957) was an American Catholic priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was known as a healer and for his abilities as a...
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  • Friars of the Atonement. St. Joseph Seraphic Seminary (Callicoon) - Operated from 1901 to 1968; run by the Holy Name Province of the Order of Friars Minor...
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    Mauro Gambetti (category University of Bologna alumni)
    of cardinal on 28 November 2020. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual since 1992, Gambetti held senior leadership positions in the order beginning...
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  • several branches of friars (priests and brothers), contemplative nuns, a congregation of religious sisters, and lay groups. The order's objectives are the...
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  • Massimo Fusarelli (category Order of Friars Minor)
    March 1963) is an Italian Franciscan friar who has served as the minister general of the Order of Friars Minor since 2021. Fusarelli was born on 30 March...
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    Catholic professed religious from Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Fioretti was an ardent devotee of the Mother of God and was consecrated to her protection...
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    Salesian Society, and two Daughters of Mary Vicente Cabanes Badenas and 18 companions of the Third Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Mariano García Méndez (Juan...
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  • as Our Lady of the Lake College until 2016 Franciscan University of Steubenville (Steubenville, Ohio) - Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular Hilbert...
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    Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. It is a papal minor basilica...
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