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unusual facts about Franciscan monk



Dick Wagner

In November 2011 Wagner, along with Detroit musicians Ray Goodman, Dennis Burr, Prakash John, Jim McCarty, Johnny Bee Badanjek, Jimmie Bones, Ty Stone, Robert Wagner, Muruga, and Pat Lewis, recorded Motor City Music at Harmonie Park Studios in Detroit in support of Franciscan monk Brother Al Mascia's "Bicycle Ministry."


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Bartholomeus Anglicus

He was at some point confused with Bartholomeus de Glanvilla, another Franciscan monk who lived a century later.

Bisignano

Luca Antonio Pirozzo, better known as St. Humilis of Bisignano (1582–1637), was a Franciscan monk born in Bisignano.

Emanuele da Como

Fra Emanuele da Como, born in 1625, was a Franciscan monk, and studied art under the direction of Agostino Scilla at Messina.

Kolleg St. Ludwig

The college was named after Saint Louis of Toulouse, a saint who was an heir to the throne of Napoli, but who renounced the throne and gave it to his younger brother, and himself became a Franciscan monk, took all the Franciscan vows and served the poor, the sick and the hungry.

Nievern

Marcellus de Niveriis, O.F.M. ( died either 1460 or 1462 ), a Franciscan monk and priest, became a swindler and adventurer and then managed to become the 26th Bishop of Skálholt in Iceland.

Spanish missions in Mexico

In 1533, at the request of Hernán Cortés, Carlos V sent the first Franciscan monks with orders to establish a series of installations throughout the country.

Titus as a Monk

Titus as a Monk is a 1660 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt, showing his son Titus in the habit of a Franciscan monk.