Minims
Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714
Image Title: Minims
Description: This etched print features a representative member of the Minims kneeling before a cross. The order of friars founded by Francis of Paola (1416 – 1507 CE) dates from 1435. Their name comes from the Latin word meaning small and they practice humility as their chief virtue, regarding themselves as the least of all religious. Pope Alexander VI (1431 – 1503 CE) confirmed their first rule in 1493, and based it on one which Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) developed, but the second one was more or less independent. Members take 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 established over thirty houses in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Bohemia by the death of St. Francis of Paola. The order was most prevalent in the 16th and 17th centuries, but is still active today.
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