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unusual facts about Franciscan Order



Drumholm

The new friary marked the return of the Franciscan Order to Donegal for the first time since the Four Masters and the dedication of the Church in June 1952 was attended by the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera and President Sean T. O'Ceallaigh.

Greyfriars Abbey, Ystad

From the outset, it belonged to the Franciscan order, who were popularly known as grey friars (hence the name of the monastery), and functioned as a friary for friars.

Iannotta San Francesco

He and his prototype were guests there for two years; since the Capuchins are an offshoot of the Franciscan Order, he named the aircraft after the founder, St Francis of Assisi.

Popular sermon

The popular sermon (sermo modernus "modern sermon" in Latin) was a type of sermon in vernacular, the language of common people, that was commonly delivered by Catholic friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders in the Middle Ages, on Sundays, Feast Days, and other special dates.


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Antonio Margil

He entered the Franciscan Order in his native city of Valencia, Spain on 22 April 1673.

Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan

The abbey is made up of members of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, though it is also used by the Capuchin, Third order, Society of Saint Francis, the Clarisse, and Franciscan sisters.

Charles W. Fisher

By way of fulfilling that promise, he built a mansion in Cochrane in 1908 (which became the Just Home Guest Ranch in 1931 and was donated to a Franciscan order in 1948).

Giacomo Bini

As head of the Franciscan Order, which is the official Catholic 'custos of the Holy Land', he was present at Mount Nebo to greet Pope John Paul II at his starting point for his pilgrimage to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.

Hilarius of Sexten

After a course of studies at Brixen, he entered the Capuchin Franciscan Order in 1858 and was ordained priest in 1862.

Jenico Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston

The castle is fully maintained by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor (OFM), who bought it circa 1950.

Joachim of Fiore

This Order of the Just was later identified with the Franciscan order by his follower Gerardo of Borgo San Donnino.

Joseph McCabe

He entered the Franciscan order at the age of 15, and spent a year of preliminary study at Gorton Monastery.

Kesab

The Latin Armenians of the Franciscan order established a monastery in the village and they took the Armenian dwellers under their supervision.

Ludovico Maria Sinistrari

Born in Ameno, Italy, he studied in Pavia and entered the Franciscan Order in 1647.

Luis de Aliaga Martínez

Lerma soon had Aliaga appointed confessor to the king (a position that had been previously been held by Diego Mardones, a member of the Franciscan Order, who became Bishop of Córdoba).

Matija Ban

After graduating from a lycee in Dubrovnik, he was supposed to join the Franciscan order, but suddenly changed his plans.

Michael A. Perry

Following his university studies, he entered the novitiate of the Province of the Sacred Heart of the Franciscan Order on 25 June 1977, and professed temporary religious vows on 11 August of the following year, the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi.

Newark Friary

The friary was founded around 1499 by King Henry Tudor (VII), who had become the patron of the reformed branch of the Franciscan order, known as the "Friars Observant".

Paul Sabatier

This book gave a great stimulus to the study of medieval literary and religious documents, especially of such as are connected with the history of the Franciscan Order.

Raymond Garlick

Before he went on to study English literature at Bangor University he became interested in Christian theology, considered joining the Franciscan order, and studied for the Anglican presbyterate at the Community of the Resurrection near Leeds.

Richard Middleton

Richard of Middleton (1249–1306), member of the Franciscan Order, theologian and philosopher

Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon

John De Marignolli (Giovanni de' Marignolli) of St. Lorenzo in Florence, joined the Franciscan order and was consecrated bishop in 1338 AD.

Vjekoslav Ćurić

Vjeko entered the Franciscan order on July 15, 1976, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1982 in Sarajevo.