Franciscan

English 2025 April 30 Etymology thumb|The oldest known portrait of Saint Francis of Assisi, a mural in the Sacro Speco (Holy Cave) in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, which dates to 1223–1224 when Francis spent time in retreat there. en la-lat Franciscānus (noun) friar of the order of Saint Francis; (adjective) of or from the order of Saint Francis + English en -an suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives. la-lat Franciscānus is derived from la-lat Franciscus the given name Francis, the name of Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 1 – 1226) + en la -ānus suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, denoting relationships of origin, position, or possession;n. and adj 9965978362 December 2024 1; n. and adj and la-lat Franciscus from la-lat Francia region inhabited or ruled over by the Franka, Frankia (apparently a nickname from Francis’s father, an Italian merchant who worked in France) + la-lat -iscus suffix forming adjectives. Pronunciation en /fɹænˈsɪsk(ə)n/ RP,GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Franciscan.wav GA en ɪskən 3 en Fran cisc an Noun en Christianity originally Roman Catholicism A friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor. en Cordelier Friar Minor Minorite Observant 6 June 1536 I II By the Reverend Father in Christ Master Hugh Latimer Bishop of Worcester. Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, before the Parliament Began, the Sixth Day of June, the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of the Late Henry VIII. Translated out of Latin into English, to the Intent that Things Well Said to a Few, may be Understood of Many, and Do Good to All Them that Desire to Understand the Truth. [Master Latimer's Discourse on the Same Day in the Afternoon. Luke XVI. 8.] 30 [O]ur old antient Purgatory pick-purſe, that vvas ſvvaged and covvled vvith a Franciſcan’s covvl, Prognosticks of Iealosie, Despaire, Madnesse, to Make away Themselues and Others 3 3 3 688 [A] ſilly iealous fellovve, that ſeeing his child nevv borne included in a kell i.e., caul, thought ſure a Franciſcan that vſed to come to his houſe, vvas the father of it, it vvas ſo like a Friers Covvle, and therevpon threatned the Frier to kill him. en 1995 July w:Pat Conroy 19 Beach Music New York, N.Y. Nan A[hearn] Talese, Doubleday 265 https://archive.org/details/beachmusic1995conr/page/265/mode/1up 978-0-385-41304-6 We tried the Franciscans. The Jesuits. The Paulists. The Trappists. The Benedictines. Not one Franciscan in this city can make a positive identification of this bearded American priest. Every Franciscan we talked to was sure this man was not a member of their order. Yet he wears their habit and he heard confessions in one of their most important churches. en 2001 David Burr The Franciscan Dilemma The Spiritual Franciscans: From Protest to Persecution in the Century after Saint Francis University Park, Pa. The Pennsylvania State University Press 4 https://archive.org/details/spiritualfrancis0000burr/page/4/mode/1up 978-0-271-02309-0 [T]he cities were growing rapidly, but the urban parish system was not, so when Franciscans entered the cities to preach, they encountered a substantial population in need not only of preaching but also of pastoral care. A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as en Roman Catholicism the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or en Protestantism certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church. Order of Friars Minor Capuchin en Capuchin Order of Friars Minor Conventual en Conventual greyfriar Minorite Order of Saint Clare en Clarisse Clarissine Minoress Poor Clare Derived terms en Franciscanism en Franciscanness rare Related terms en San Franciscan Translations friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi; friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi’s original order Armenian: hy ֆրանցիսկյան, hy կրտսերական Asturian: ast franciscanu m Bulgarian: bg францисканец m Catalan: ca franciscà m, ca franciscana f, ca menoret m Czech: cs františkán m Dutch: nl franciscaan m, nl franciscanes f, nl fremineur m, nl minderbroeder m Esperanto: eo franciskano Finnish: fi fransiskaani, fi fransiskaanimunkki Franciscan monk French: fr franciscain m, fr cordelier m Galician: gl franciscano m German: de Franziskaner m, de Franziskanermönch m Franciscan monk Hungarian: hu ferences Irish: ga Proinsiasach m Italian: it francescano m, it cordigliere m, it fraticello from a 15th-century order Macedonian: mk францисканец m Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: nci san Francisco teopixqui Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Nynorsk: nn fransiskanar m Polish: pl franciszkanin m, pl franciszkanka f Portuguese: pt franciscano m, pt franciscana f Romanian: ro franciscan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh францѝска̄н m, sh, sh, sh мино̀рӣт m Latin: sh francìskān m, sh franjevac m, sh mali brat m, sh minòrīt m Spanish: es franciscano m, es franciscana f, es cordelero m, es minorita m Welsh: cy Ffransisgiad m, cy brawd llwyd m See also en Joachimite en Recollect en Spiritual Adjective - en Christianity Of or pertaining to Saint Francis of Assisi. Of or pertaining to en Roman Catholicism the Order of the Friars Minor, or en Protestantism Roman Catholicism to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order. en Minorite Q2 V ii L 85 Holy Franciſcan Frier, brother, ho. Henrie the Seventh, King of England and France,and Lord of Ireland, the Fiftie Seventh Monarch of the English, His Raigne, Acts, and Issue. 751 1 72 In his life time hee Henry VII of England founded the goodly Hoſpitall of the Sauoy, built ſixe religious Houſes for Franciſcan Friers, three of them for Obſeruants, and the other three for Conuentuals. 478–480 K2 1 77 And they vvho to be ſure of Paradiſe / Dying put on the vveeds of Dominic, / Or in Franciſcan think to paſs diſguis'd; Of the State of Portugal 418 So much for the firſt claſs of the Mendicants. The moſt numerous is the Serafic, or Franciſcan order, divided into as many ſpecies as pleaſed the fancies of the founders. en These priests were martyred for refusing to violate the seal of confession w:Catholic News Agency https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36651/these-priests-were-martyred-for-refusing-to-violate-the-seal-of-confession 2017-12-16 There, a Franciscan friar named Andrés Ivars asked that Fr. Císcar hear his confession before the friar was executed be firing squad. https://web.archive.org/web/20251205230451/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36651/these-priests-were-martyred-for-refusing-to-violate-the-seal-of-confession 5 December 2025 Derived terms en franciscanite Translations of or pertaining to Saint Francis of Assisi; of or pertaining to the Order of the Friars Minor, or to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi’s original order Armenian: hy ֆրանցիսկյան Asturian: ast franciscanu Catalan: ca franciscà Czech: cs františkánský, cs franciszkański Dutch: nl franciscaans, nl franciscaner French: fr franciscain, fr cordelier Galician: gl franciscano German: de franziskanisch Hungarian: hu ferences Irish: ga Proinsiasach Italian: it francescano Polish: pl franciszkański Portuguese: pt franciscano Romanian: ro franciscan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh, sh фра́њевачки m Latin: sh franciskanski m, sh fránjevački m Spanish: es franciscano, es minorita Welsh: cy Ffransisgaidd References Further reading Franciscans en eponyms en Monasticism People Religious occupations