Order of Minims | |
Ordo Minimorum | |
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![]() Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims | |
Abbreviation | OM |
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Formation | 1435 |
Type | Mendicant order of pontifical right (for men) |
Headquarters | San Francesco di Paola ai Monti, Rome, Italy |
Membership | 176 (including 123 priests)[citation needed] (2018) |
Superior General | Gregorio Colatorti, OM |
Website | ordinedeiminimi |
The Order of Minims (Latin: Ordo Minimorum; abbreviated OM), known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order[1] (German: Paulanerorden), are a religious order of friars in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain, and continues to exist today.
Like the other mendicant orders, there are three separate components, or orders, of the movement: the friars, contemplative nuns and a Third Order of laypeople who live in the spirit of the order in their daily lives. At present there are only two fraternities of the Minim tertiaries; both are in Italy.
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