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Exploring the Franciscan Order

This quiz explores key aspects of the Franciscan Order, including its history, notable figures, and contributions to society.

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1 The Benedictine section of the Celestines was separated from the Franciscan section, and the latter was formally suppressed by ________ in 1302.

2 Who of the following is a key person at Franciscan?

3 The Franciscans established the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum as an academic society based in Jerusalem and ________ for the study of scripture.

4 Franciscans International [9] is a ________ (NGO) with General Consultative status at the United Nations, uniting the voices of Franciscan brothers and sisters from around the world.

5 It must be noted that ________, whom St.

6 The three separate groups, each considered a religious order in its own right, are the Observants, most commonly simply called "Franciscan friars," the Capuchins, and the ________.

7 What is the abbreviation of Franciscan?

8 Initially, the women's communities took a monastic form of life, either voluntarily or under pressure from ________ superiors.

9 When was Franciscan formed?

10 Francis, members of the Third Order began to live in common, in an attempt to follow a more ________ way of life.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the Claregalway Friary (pictured), one of the first Franciscan monasteries in Ireland, housed only two friars when it was finally forced to close in 1847.
  • during the Western Schism Thomas de Rossy, Franciscan friar and Bishop of Galloway, challenged any bishop of England to fight in single combat.
  • the Kildare Poems, one of the first documents of Irish English, contain a satire written by 14th-century Franciscan monks against the immoral lifestyle of other monks.
  • the National Interventions Museum in Mexico City is located at the site of the 1847 Battle of Churubusco of the Mexican–American War, in a former Franciscan monastery built on top of an Aztec shrine.
  • the building of the Archaeological Museum of Chania in Crete was once the main church of a Franciscan monastery and survived a major earthquake in 1595.
  • after a successful theatrical career spanning three decades, U.S. actress Tittell Brune joined the Order of St Francis, remaining a sister until her death, aged 99.
  • Texas has a long history of producing wine with grape vines planted by Franciscan missionaries over 100 years before vineyards were planted in California.
  • Luxembourg City's Place Guillaume II is colloquially known as the 'Knuedler', after the knot in the belt worn by Franciscan friars, one of whose monasteries once stood there.
  • Antonio Barluzzi, a Franciscan monk, became known as the Architect of the Holy Land due to the number of important churches he designed.
  • Claude d'Abbeville was a Franciscan missionary who wrote in 1614 about the dispatch of Brazilian Tupinambá Indians to the French king Louis XIII.
  • Jacob Dacian, a Franciscan missionary to the P'urhĂ©pecha Indians of Mexico, spoke 8 different languages and was probably a son of King John I of Denmark.
  • Franciscan friar Matfre Ermengau (d. 1322) was also a troubadour, encyclopaedist, and master of laws.
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