Manual of the Third order of st. Francis of Assisi

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By Franciscans third
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Published 1869

Original from Oxford University

Digitized Aug 30, 2006

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THE SPIRIT OF THE THIRD ORDER in seven chapters	1
tertiaries, sedii, austerities
PREFACE TO THB RULE AND STATUTES	41
sorores, hujusmodi, fratres
STATUTES AND USAGES OF THE THIRD ORDER	68
scapular, sacristan, novices
FURTHER USAGES OF THE ORDER	137
benedictione, audite, filii
THE WILL OF OUB HOLY FATHER ST FRANCIS	147
thers, benediction, adore
CATECHISM OF THE RULE OF THE THIRD ORDER	153
eule, paters, mortifications

CALENDAR OF THE CANONISED AND BEATIFIED SAINTS	169
beatified, seraphic, canonised
CATALOGUE OF SPIRITUAL FAVOURS AND INDULGENCES	267
marias, indulgences, plenary

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Assisi - Page 220
He repaired to Assisi, where a great multitude of prelates, nobles, and people from all countries were assembled. ...
more pages: 206 211 213 223 225 239 244 259 261 313

Foligno - Page 220
after her marriage she became a widow, and retired to Foligno, where she founded the first convent of the Third Order, and attained to the highest ...
more pages: 180

Perugia - Page 252
This generous servant of God was pursuing his studies at Perugia about the time that the whole of Europe resounded with the fame of the virtues and ...
more pages: 225

Messina - Page 194
Benedict was born in the diocese of Messina, of Moorish parents. From his earliest youth he feared God and kept His Commandments. ...
more pages: 183 184

Padua - Page 238
Padua to study for the law; but tlie almost sudden death of two of the professors, and the preaching of St. James de la Marche, showed him the ...
more pages: 213 263

Toulouse - Page 195
His father was a native of Toulouse in France. His youth gave indications of his future holiness. At the age of seventeen he en-tered the Convent of ...
more pages: 213 228

Bologna - Page 188
Touched by all that they heard related of the sanctity of Catherine, the inhabitants of Bologna built a convent for the Poor Clares, and Catherine ...
more pages: 187

Florence - Page 202
This servant of God was born near Florence, to-wards the end of the twelfth century, and he employed himself in agriculture from the time he had ...
more pages: 2 3 195 207 255

Ferrara - Page 188
inhabitants of Bologna built a convent for the Poor Clares, and Catherine came from Ferrara with fifteen of her companions to take up her abode in it. ...

Cracow - Page 255
When death took her pious husband, she went back to Cracow, and after giving liberally to the support of the Convent of Scalen, she took the habit and ...
more pages: 221

Salamanca - Page 208
John of Prado was bom in Spain, and completed his studies at Salamanca; but solicitous only about working out liis own salvation, he determined to ...

Jerusalem - Page 291
the Blessed Sacrament in any church whatsoever, they gain the indulgences of the seven principal basilicas of Rome and the indulgences of Jerusalem. ...
more pages: 128 244 290

Brescia - Page 193
She was bom nt Brescia during the fifteenth century. She neither allowed herself to be dazzled by the false glitter of riches, nor by the pleasures ...
more pages: 209

Naples - Page 185
Contrary to his own inclination, he was appointed Minister Provincial of the province of Naples, and followed zealously the footsteps of St. ...
more pages: 184

Amiens - Page 185
She was bom at Corbie, in the diocese of Amiens, and from her earliest childhood devoted herself to works of charity. ...

Rome - Page 172
She was horn in Rome in 1474. Whilst very young she v/as married to James of Cithara. Of noble birth, and possessed of ample fortune, ...
more pages: 29 171 178 186 190 228 244 253 291 303

Bourges - Page 181
she returned thanks to God, and retired to Bourges, where she lived a holy life in the Convent of the Annuncia-tion, wliich was founded by her. ...

Marseilles - Page 276
Francis existing in the town and diocese of Marseilles, to be pleased, as was our predecessor of happy memory, Pius VII., for the Franciscan ...

Orense - Page 179
This great sen-ant of God was born in the diocese of Orense, in Spain. His parents, poor in tliis world but rich towards God, trained him early to ...

Tunis - Page 229
He died of the plague at Tunis, on the 25th of August 1270, and was placed amongst the Saints by Pope Boniface VIII. ...
more pages: 199

Madrid - Page 8
In 1689 more than twenty-five thousand names were enrolled in the Order in Madrid alone; and so, wherever the revolutionary torrent had for a moment ...

Venice - Page 216
After a time he took the hahit of the Friars Minor Capuchins in the province of Venice. He was distinguished for his humility, obedience, ...

Vienna - Page 263
Chosen by his Superiors for the work of preaching, he was sent after a few years to Vienna, where his extraordinary zeal and talents worked miracles ...
more pages: 6 257

Forli - Page 213
After leaving Assisi he went to live in the Hermit-age of Monte Paolo in Emilia, near Forli. There he devoted liimself for a long time to watching, ...

Leon - Page 207
This holy King of Castille and Leon generously, embraced the Rule of the Third Order. His life was passed in constant wars with the Mahometans, ...

Coimbra - Page 217
After having set her affairs in order, she re-tired to a convent of Poor Clares in Coimbra, which she had founded. ...

Genoa - Page 261
This great servant of God was bom in the part of Italy called the Riviera, near Genoa. His father was a sailor. From his youth he was well grounded in ...

Lisbon - Page 213
He was born at Lisbon, in Portugal; whilst quite young, he adopted the Rule of the Canons Regular. But the sight of the remains of five Friars Minor, ...

Patris - Page 144
Audite vocem Patris vestri. Magna promissimus: majora promissa sunt nobis. Servemus hsec, suspirimus ad ilia. Voluptas brevis, pcena perpetua. ...

Paris - Page 219
His promising dispositions for virtue and intelligence were soon recognised, and he was sent to Paris, where he studied under Alexander of Hales, ...

Seville - Page 170
Francis to preach the Christian faith at Morocco, Berardus, Peter, Accurtius, Adjutus, and Otho stopped at Seville, at that time in the possession of ...

Alcala - Page 253
He was afterwards sent to Alcala, where, findm«, Vds, cvA. ^sros. approaching, he fixed his eyea ou^iift Crioss wa&.\s.

Kule - Page 15
Francis's holy Kule. Moreover, if, from one cause or other, certain people cannot form part of the congregation or attend the assemblies of the Order, ...

St. Louis - Page 40
Francis, of the Stigmata, of St. Louis king of France, and of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, may be transferred to the following Sunday, by a decree of ...
more pages: 85 199 277 299 309

Corpus Christi - Page 292
Christmas, the Circumcision, the Epiphany, Easter, the Ascension, Pentecost, the Most Holy Trinity, and Corpus Christi; 2. ...

Syracuse - Page 179
From thence he went to Sicily, where he lived a life of severe penance, and died in the odour of sanctity, in the valley of Nolo, near Syracuse, ...

St. Augustine - Page 143
"Take care," says St. Augustine, "that in your exterior every-thing be suitable to your holy profession." (Art. iii. chap. ii. Constitutions of Calais ...