Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Religious orders Religious institutes

Grey Friars of Charity

FRATI BIGI DELLA CARITÀ

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GREY FRIARS OF CHARITY. - Institute and sanctuary of the Immaculate, directed by the F. B. - Rome, Viale Manzoni.

GREY FRIARS OF CHARITY. - Institute founded in Naples in 1859 by the venerable Father Lodovico da Casoria. The first religious were laymen, they had no vows and were bound to the founder by a spirit of charity, poverty and obedience. Only later was the need felt to have priests, which led the founder to modify the previous arrangements; thus the Congregation remained composed of priests and laymen, dedicated to the instruction and education of the children of the people.

Approved by the Holy See in 1896, it today numbers 10 houses with 81 religious.

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BIBL.: A. Capecciatro, Vita del p. Lodovico da Casoria, Naples 1887; L. Fabiani, Vita del ven. Lodovico da Casoria, 4th ed., ibid. 1931. Giacomo Cicia

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By Giacomino Cicia

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1719.

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Cicia, Giacomino. “Frati Bigi della Carità.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1719. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/frati-bigi-della-carita.

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Cicia, Giacomino. “Frati Bigi della Carità.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1719. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/frati-bigi-della-carita.

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  author    = {Cicia, Giacomino},
  title     = {Frati Bigi della Carità},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1719},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/frati-bigi-della-carita}
}

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