Minims
Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714
Image Title: Minims
Description: This etched print features a representative member of the Minims, the order of friars founded by Francis of Paola (1416 – 1507 CE); the traditional date of the foundation is 1435. As their name indicates, they meant to practice humility as their chief virtue, regarding themselves as the least of all religious. Their first rule, confirmed by Pope Alexander VI (1431 – 1503 CE) in 1493, was based on that which Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) developed, whereas the second one was more or less independent. Its chief characteristic was the fourth vow of perpetual abstinence not only from fresh meat and fish but also from eggs, cheese, butter, and milk. The order spread quickly, and by the time of the death of the founder had over thirty houses in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Bohemia. It reached its zenith in the 16th-17th centuries.
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