Franciscans
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Key facts
- Organization.name
- Franciscans
- Organization.image
- FrancescoCoA PioM.svg
- Organization.image_size
- 200px
- Organization.caption
- A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis' arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans
- Organization.founder
- Francis of Assisi
- Organization.leader_title
- Motto
- Organization.leader_name
- Pax et bonum Peace and [all] good
- Organization.parent_organization
- Catholic Church
- Organization.subsidiaries
- OFM (1897)OFM Conventual (1209)OFM Capuchin (1520)Third Order of Saint Francis (1221)
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53 sectionsContents
- Name and demographics
- First Order
- Second Order
- Third Order
- Membership
- History
- Beginnings
- Francis's last years
- Development after Francis's death
- 1232–1239
- 1239–1274
- 14th century
- 1274–1300
- Persecution
- Renewed controversy on the question of poverty
- Separate congregations
- Clareni
- Minorites of Narbonne
- Reform of Johannes de Vallibus
- Unification
- Franciscans and the Inquisition
- New World missions
- Contemporary organizations
- First Order
- Order of Friars Minor
- Order of Friars Minor Conventual
- Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
- Second Order
- Poor Clares
- Third Order
- Secular Franciscan Order
- Third Order Regular
- Third Order Regular in North America
- Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis
- Other tertiaries
- Other Franciscan organizations
- Other Christian traditions
- Distinguishing characteristics
- Spirituality
- Visions and stigmata
- Contributions to biblical scholarship
- Notable members
- Publications
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
- First Order
- Second Order
- Third Order
- Research resources
- Media
The Franciscans (grey/gray friars) are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor being the largest contemporary male order), an order for nuns known as the Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis, a religious and secular group open to male and female members.
Franciscans adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of the founder and of his main associates and followers, such as Clare of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, and Elizabeth of Hungary. Several smaller Protestant Franciscan orders have been established since the late 19th century as well, particularly in the Lutheran and Anglican traditions. Certain Franciscan communities are ecumenical in nature, having members who belong to several Christian denominations.