!!!Minoriten

Friars Minor, oldest existing order following the rule of St. Francis 
of Assisi (1181/82-1226) beside the  Franciscans and the  Friars Minor 
Capuchin;  developed from what were called the Conventuals, who 
pursued a different direction than the "Observants" 
(outlawed by papal decree in 1317), since 1517 (separation from the 
Franciscans) formally independent order (OFM Conv., order of Friars 
Minor Conventual). The first monastery of Friars Minor was founded in 
Vienna in 1224, followed by foundations in Stein an der Donau (1224), 
Tulln (1225), Graz (1230), Linz (1236) and in many more places.  
Mainly as a result of the Reformation movement and the dissolution of 
monasteries by Emperor Joseph I,I many of these monasteries were 
dissolved. Today monasteries of the Friars Minor still exist in 
Vienna, Graz, Neunkirchen (since 1631) and Asparn an der Zaya (since 
1624).


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