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noun
- 1. a friar, sister, or lay member of a Christian religious order founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi, or of an order based on Franciscan rule. The Franciscan orders are noted for preachers and missionaries.
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting St. Francis or the Franciscans.
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Jun 11, 2024 · Franciscan, any member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the early 13th century by St. Francis of Assisi. The Franciscan order is one of the four great mendicant orders of the church, and its members strive to cultivate the ideals of poverty and charity.
The First Order or the Order of Friars Minor, or Seraphic Order [9] are commonly called simply the Franciscans. This order is a mendicant religious order of men, some of whom trace their origin to Francis of Assisi. [10] . Their official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum. [11] .
Jun 11, 2018 · FRANCISCANS is the common designation for a number of religious communities professing to live according to the ideals of Francis of Assisi (1181/1182 – 1226). In 1206 Francis withdrew to the margins of society to adopt the life of a penitent hermit.
The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi.
The meaning of FRANCISCAN is a member of the Order of Friars Minor founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209 and dedicated especially to preaching, missions, and charities.
The Franciscans are an order of monks named after St. Francis. The Franciscans have traditionally worn robes with knotted cord belts. In St. Francis’s time they wore grey robes. Then for many centuries they wore brown and sometimes black robes. Now there is a movement to switch back to grey robes.
Franciscan, Member of a Christian religious order dedicated to the apostolic life of poverty and preaching founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. The Franciscans actually consist of three orders. The First Order comprises priests and lay brothers who have sworn to a life of prayer, preaching, and penance.
The Franciscan motto is pax et bonum, which means “peace and all good.” Being a Franciscan can mean being a member of one of three orders within the Catholic Church, all founded by St. Francis of Assisi during his lifetime in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Our Franciscan tradition is based on the teachings of the 13th century saint, Francis of Assisi. Francis gave up his family’s wealth and carefree lifestyle, embracing poverty and humility in a life of service to God, care of the poor, peace through social justice and stewardship for all of nature.
To be Franciscan means following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi who took the Gospel literally and embraced a life of utter poverty so that he could become poor like the poor Christ. He wrote a “Rule of Life” for the many followers attracted to his way of life.
