Religious Orders
Ordini, Congregazioni E Istituti Religiosi · 31 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsMendicant Orders (Ordini mendicanti)
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Aguilar, Diego
AGUILAR, DIEGO. - Augustinian, died in 1620. He pronounced his vows in the convent of Valencia in 1570. In his last years he passed into… -
Aimeric of Piacenza (AIMERICO DI PIACENZA)
AIMERIC OF PIACENZA. - Twelfth master general of the Dominicans. Whether he was a descendant of the Giliani family, as Echard maintains… -
Analecta Ordinis Carmelitarum
ANALECTA ORDINIS CARMELITARUM. - A quarterly review, begun in the year 1919 at the wish of the General Chapter held in Rome in 1918. It… -
Analecta Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalceatorum
ANALECTA ORDINIS CARMELITARUM DISCALCEATORUM. - A quarterly review begun in the year 1926 at the wish of the General Chapter of the Order… -
Analecta Ordinis Praedicatorum
ANALECTA ORDINIS PRAEDICATORUM. - A periodical publication begun in 1893 by decision of the Master General Andrea Frühwirth. Its purpose is… -
Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum
ARCHIVUM FRATRUM PRAEDICATORUM. - Annual review of historical studies, published by the Dominican Historical Institute of St. Sabina in… -
Augustinians, Order Of Saint Augustine (EREMITANI DI SANT'AGOSTINO)
AUGUSTINIANS, ORDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. - They originated in the 13th century, when several congregations of hermits, scattered especially… -
Bernardino Da Portogruaro
BERNARDINO da PORTOGRUARO. - Minister General of the Friars Minor (Giuseppe Dal Vago), b. 15 Jan. 1822 at Portogruaro, d. at Quaracchi on 7… -
Carmelites (CARMELITANI)
CARMELITES. - Religious order that takes its name from Mount Carmel, in Palestine, where in the 12th century the existence of a group of… -
Collectanea Franciscana
COLLECTANEA FRANCISCANA. - A quarterly review, founded at Assisi in 1931 and transferred to Rome in 1941, published under the care of the… -
Convent (CONVENTO)
CONVENT. - A designation often used, in a vulgar and improper sense, to mean generally a religious house (v. CASA RELIGIOSA). In a strict… -
Cormier, Hyacinthe-Marie (CORMIER, HYACVNTHE-MARIE)
CORMIER, HYACINTHE-MARIE. - Dominican, b. at Orléans on 8 Dec. 1832, d. at Rome on 17 Dec. 1916. A religious from 1856, after making his… -
Discalced Augustinian Hermits (Order of Discalced Hermits of Saint Augustine) (ROMITANI SCALZI DI SANT'AGOSTINO (ORDO EREMITARUM DISCALCEATORUM S. AUGUSTINI))
DISCALCED AUGUSTINIAN HERMITS (Order of Discalced Hermits of Saint Augustine). - One of the three families of the Augustinian Order, whose… -
Discalced Carmelite Tertiaries of Malabar of the Latin Rite (TERZIARI CARMELITANI SCALZI DEL MALABAR DI RITO LATINO)
DISCALCED CARMELITE TERTIARIES OF MALABAR OF THE LATIN RITE. - Founded on 26 April 1874 by Msgr. Leonardo Mellano, archbishop of Verapoly,… -
Discalced Carmelite Tertiaries of Syro-Malabarese (TERZIARI CARMELITANI SCALZI SIROMALABARESI)
DISCALCED CARMELITE TERTIARIES OF SYRO-MALABARESE. - First indigenous Congregation of eastern India, founded in 1831 in Mannanam (Malabar)… -
Études Franciscaines
ÉTUDES FRANCISCAINES. - Journal founded in 1899 and directed by the Capuchin Friars Minor of the province of Paris, with the collaboration… -
Franciscan Brothers of Mount Bellew (FRATELLI FRANCESCANI DI MOUNT BELLEW)
FRANCISCAN BROTHERS OF MOUNT BELLEW - Religious congregation founded in the 16th century, reorganized in 1818 by the provincial of the… -
Franciscan Friars Minor (FRATI MINORI FRANCESCANI)
FRANCISCAN FRIARS MINOR. - Mendicant order, founded by St. Francis of Assisi, now constituted by three autonomous families: 1) Friars… -
Franciscans (FRANCESCANE)
FRANCISCANS. - Religiose sorte in vari paesi ed epoche secondo lo spirito di s. Francesco d'Assisi: -
Franciscan Studies (ESTUDIOS FRANCISCANOS)
FRANCISCAN STUDIES. - Journal founded in 1907 by the Capuchin Friars Minor of the province of Catalonia for the defense and illustration of… -
Lauer, Aloysius (LAUER, ALOVSIUS)
LAUER, ALOYSIUS. - First Minister General of the Friars Minor after the union of their families (1897), b. at Katholisch-Willenroth in… -
Mercedarians (MERCEDARI)
MERCEDARIANS. - Religious order founded by St. Peter Nolasco in 1218 for the purpose of ransoming Christians enslaved by the Mohammedans.… -
Minims (MINIMI)
MINIMS. - A regular mendicant order, with solemn vows, of mixed life, contemplative and apostolic, founded by St. Francis of Paola in 1435.… -
Miscellanea Franciscana (MISCELLANEA FRANCESCANA)
MISCELLANEA FRANCISCANA. - A quarterly periodical "of theological sciences and Franciscan studies," founded as a journal "of Franciscan… -
Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica
MONUMENTA ORDINIS FRATRUM PRAEDICATORUM HISTORICA. - A series of critical editions of sources for the history of the Dominican Order, begun… -
Order of Preachers (FRATI PREDICATORI, ORDINE DEL)
ORDER OF PREACHERS. - Mendicant order founded by St. Dominic (hence: Dominicans) for preaching. Its modern constitutions indicate the means… -
Pilgrim Brothers (FRATELLI PELLEGRINI)
PILGRIM BROTHERS. - Name given in the Middle Ages to the missionary friars of the Order of St. Dominic. Not belonging to any particular… -
Recollects of Saint Augustine (RECOLLETTI DI SANT'AGOSTINO)
RECOLLECTS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. - A reform of stricter life within the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, which arose in the province of… -
Regular Third Order of Saint Francis (TERZ'ORDINE REGOLARE DI SAN FRANCESCO)
REGULAR THIRD ORDER OF SAINT FRANCIS. - It derives from the Third Order of Penance, instituted by St. Francis of Assisi in 1221 for… -
Sabatino, Privilege (SABATINO, PRIVILEGIO)
SABATINO, PRIVILEGE. - It is based on the apparition and promise of the Most Holy Virgin to free from Purgatory the souls of the confreres… -
Teutonic Order (TEUTONICO ORDINE)
TEUTONIC ORDER. - The T. O., formerly Ordo equestris Teutonicus, also called Kreuzherren and Deutschherren, had its beginning in 1190 at…