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franciscan order  

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  • FRANCISCANS ARE members of a Roman Catholic religious order that requires poverty of its members. The men's or First Order was founded by Giovanni Francesco Bernardone, an Italian mystic and preacher, known as St. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Franciscan Order]

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