OBREGÓN, BERNARDINO. - Founder of the Congregation of the Minim Brothers, b. near Burgos on 20 May 1540, d. in Madrid on 6 Aug. 1599. Left an orphan at a very early age, after the death of his protector, Bishop F. de Guevara, he devoted himself to a military career, taking part in several campaigns under Philip II.
Following a sudden religious vocation, he dedicated himself to the care of the sick at the court hospital in Madrid, gathering around himself in a short time numerous imitators. With these, in 1568 he founded a congregation approved by the apostolic nuncio and called that of the Minim Brothers, or also of the Obregons. They took over the administration of the general hospital of Madrid, and spread rapidly to other areas as well; in 1589 they pronounced the vows of poverty, chastity, hospitality and obedience and adopted the Rule and habit of the Tertiaries.
O. was also in Lisbon in 1592, where he founded a children's shelter and reorganized the hospital services; in 1549 he drew up the Statute of the Congregation and in 1598 he attended the dying Philip II.
BibliographyF. Herrera y Maldonado, Vida del b. B. de O., Madrid 1633.
BIBL.: F. Herrera y Maldonado, Vida del b. B. de O., Madrid 1633.
Gulli, Luciano. “Obregón, bernardino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 37. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/obregon-bernardino.
MLA
Gulli, Luciano. “Obregón, bernardino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 37. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/obregon-bernardino.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_obregon_bernardino,
author = {Gulli, Luciano},
title = {Obregón, bernardino},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {37},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/obregon-bernardino}
}
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