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- noun Plural form of
Observantine .
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[56] The reformed Franciscans were commonly called Observantines, from their stricter observance of the rules of their order.
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Dominicans, 7 to the Franciscans, 13 to the Observantines, 6 to the
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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Franciscans under the name of Observantines: and thus the distinction of
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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After the various modificiations of the Rule of St. Francis, the Observantines adhered to the primitative custom of going unshod, and in this they were followed by the Minims and Capuchins.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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After many years he journeyed to Rome, where he stayed at the Ara Coeli convent of the Observantines.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Fuente, in his Historia eclesiástica de España, finds "sumamente curiosa", wrote to the General of the Observantines instructing him as to the investigation of the authenticity of the writings, while conceding that the book had received the approbation of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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In 1785 the missions were placed in the charge of the Observantines.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Some orders are incapable of inheriting on such occasions, e.g., the Friars Minor Observantines, the Capuchins, and the Society of Jesus.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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He continued his work as a teacher in the monastery of the Observantines where the learned
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Observantines, founded in 1407, one of the first in France.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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