Fraciscans, or, Frati Minori (Hist.)

The monastic order which opposes Savonarola and the Dominicans. "Frati Minori, or Franciscans, in that age all clad in grey, with the knotted cord round their waists, and some of them with the zoccoli, or wooden sandals, below their bare feet;—perhaps the most numerous order in Florence, owning many zealous members who loved mankind and hated the Dominicans." The Franciscans (also called the Minorites or Lesser Brethren), a religious order founded 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. The principal Franciscan Convent and Church in Florence was Santa Croce.

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