Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Religious orders

Third Order Regular of the Penance of Saint Francis of Assisi

TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DELLA PENITENZA DI SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI

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Also known as: T.O.R., Franciscan Third Order Regular, Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi; Latin: Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci Assisiensis

REGULAR THIRD ORDER OF PENANCE OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI. - Founded at Albi on 7 June 1866 by the priest Francesco M. Clausade for the preaching of missions.

It consists of clerics and lay brothers, and has 7 houses, of which 5 are in France and 2 in Mato Grosso (Brazil), while the religious number barely 58. From the Holy See it received the decree of praise on 22 Jan. 1873. The Constitutions were approved provisionally on 12 June 1928 and definitively on 19 May 1936. The generalate house is at Albi.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Archiv. della S. Congr. dei Relig., A. 16.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 2048.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Terz'Ordine Regolare della Penitenza di San Francesco d'Assisi.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 2048. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/terz-ordine-regolare-della-penitenza-di-san-francesco-d-assisi.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Terz'Ordine Regolare della Penitenza di San Francesco d'Assisi.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 2048. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/terz-ordine-regolare-della-penitenza-di-san-francesco-d-assisi.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Terz'Ordine Regolare della Penitenza di San Francesco d'Assisi},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {2048},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/terz-ordine-regolare-della-penitenza-di-san-francesco-d-assisi}
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