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  2. Friar - Wikipedia

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    Today the Friars Minor is composed of three branches: the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Brown Friars with long pointed hoods) and the Order of Friars Minor Conventual wearing grey or black habits (thus known as Grey Friars). In the Franciscan order, a friar may be an ordained priest or a religious ...

  3. Category:Roman Catholic friars - Wikipedia

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  4. AP Art History - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Placement (AP) Art History (also known as APAH) is an Advanced Placement art history course and exam offered by the College Board in the United States.. AP Art History is designed to allow students to examine major forms of artistic expression relevant to a variety of cultures evident in a wide variety of periods from the present to the past.

  5. Crutched Friars - Wikipedia

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    The Crutched Friars (also Crossed or Crouched Friars, cross-bearing brethren) were a Roman Catholic religious order in England and Ireland. Their name is derived from a staff they carried with them surmounted by a crucifix . [ 1 ]

  6. Francis of Paola - Wikipedia

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    Francis of Paola, OM (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Italy who founded the Order of Minims. Like his patron saint (Francis of Assisi), but unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders, Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest.

  7. List of Catholic artists - Wikipedia

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    Esther Newport, member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods; founded the Catholic Art Association [756] Guido Nincheri, artist for Catholic churches in Canada; Pope Pius XI named him Knight-Commander of the Order of Saint-Sylvester [757] Erik Olson, Swedish convert; painted a triptych in 1977 for the Vatican Museum in Rome [758]

  8. Crosiers - Wikipedia

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    The Crosiers [1] or Brethren of the Cross [2] [3] or crutched friars [4] is a general name for several loosely related Catholic orders, mostly canons regular. [4] Their names derive from their devotion to the Holy Cross. They were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the era of the crusades in the Holy Land. [2]

  9. Fra Angelico - Wikipedia

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    The first record of Angelico as a friar dates from 1423, the first reference to Fra Giovanni (Friar John), following the custom of those entering one of the older religious orders of taking a new name. [10] He was a member of the convent of Fiesole. The Dominican Order is one of the medieval mendicant Orders. Mendicants generally lived not from ...