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Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
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Francis of Paola
Italian mendicant friar (1416–1507)
Francis of Paola, O.M., was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Calabria who founded the Order of Minims. Like his patron saint, but unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders, Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Order of Minims
Roman Catholic religious order of friars
The Order of Minims, known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order, are a religious order of friars in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain, and continues to exist today.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)