PROLEGOMENA. Ixvii. 



and became exceedingly famous : it has produced 

 to the church 45 Cardinals and 5 Popes. It is 

 thus subdivided — 



1. Conventuals, who lived in large Convents. These 



Friars possess the Patriarchal Convent ; they 

 first settled in England in 1220. 



2. Observantins, who observed the egular Rule, 



as restored by St. Bernardine of Sienna, in 1419. 



3. Cordeliers or French Observantins, so called 



from their cord or girdle, and black habits. 



4. Friars of the Stricter Observance : those in Spain 



are called Barefooted Friars, and in Italy 

 Reformed Franciscans. 



5. Recollects, instituted by F. John of Guadaloupe, 



in 1500. These are the true Grey Friars, 

 wearing grey habits. They possess the 

 Portiuncula, famous for its Pilgrimages. 

 G. Capuchins, founded in 1525. They wear a patch 

 OQ their habits, and only clip their beards short. 

 This reformation was approved by Clement VII, 

 in 1528. 

 7. Bernardins of Sienna, or Zoccolants, 1400. 



The above comprehend what belong to the first rule. 



T7ie Second Order of St. Francis are females, viz. : — 



1. Poor Clares or Pauvres Filles de St. Claire, 



were founded by St. Clare before the year 1253, 

 and have ever since observed great austerities, 

 eating only pulse. 



2. Urbanists of St. Clare, settled by bull of Urban 



IV. in the year 1263 ; they can enjoy some 

 property. Like the other Orders, they have 

 Lay Sisters. The habit of the Nuns is leonine, 

 and very coarse. 



3. Reformed Clarists, founded by B. Collette, in 14 10 



