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  2. Benedictines - Wikipedia

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    The English Benedictine Congregation is the oldest of the nineteen Benedictine congregations. Through the influence of Wilfrid , Benedict Biscop , and Dunstan , [ 25 ] the Benedictine Rule spread rapidly, and in the North it was adopted in most of the monasteries that had been founded by the Celtic missionaries from Iona.

  3. Mendicant orders - Wikipedia

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    Crutched Friars or Fratres Cruciferi (cross-bearing friars) or Crossed Friars, Crouched Friars or Croziers, named after the staff they carried which was surmounted by a crucifix, existed by 1100, suppressed by Pope Alexander VII in 1656. Scalzetti, founded in the 18th century, suppressed by Pope Pius XI in 1935. [6]

  4. List of monastic houses in England - Wikipedia

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    Benedictine monks — from Milbrook dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire founded 1140/6 by Henry d'Albini; abandoned 1435, reverted to the Crown, the buildings falling into decay thereafter Saint Mary Magdalen _____ Beaulieu Priory: Bedford Greyfriars # Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the custody of Oxford); founded 1238 by Mabilea ...

  5. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    mendicants (friars or religious sisters who live from alms, recite the Divine Office, and, in the case of the men, participate in apostolic activities); and; clerics regular (priests who take religious vows and have an active apostolic life) Catholic religious orders began as early as the 500s, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in 529.

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of monastic houses in Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1335: church of St Mary the Great granted by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by the King 20 July 1335; the Church of the Holy Trinity (founded 1072) made the friary church;

  8. Franciscans - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Friars Minor, also known as the Observants, are most commonly simply called Franciscan friars, [11] official name: Friars Minor (OFM). [ 13 ] The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin or simply Capuchins , [ 11 ] official name: Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap.).

  9. List of Christian monasteries in Austria - Wikipedia

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    Schönbühel Friary, Schönbühel-Aggsbach (Lower Austria): Servite friars (vacant since 1980) Schwaz Friary, Schwaz (Tyrol): Franciscan friars; Seckau Abbey, Seckau (Styria): Benedictine monks; formerly Augustinian Canons; Seitenstetten Abbey, Seitenstetten (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks