Exeter Grey Friary
Exeter Greyfriars was a Franciscan friary in Exeter, Devon, England. It was founded in the earlier part of the 13th century, before 1240, and was Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolved in 1538.A.G. Little and R.C. Easterling: ''The Franciscans and Dominicans of Exeter''. History of Exeter Research Group, Monograph No. 3. A. G. Wheaton, 1927 Excavations have revealed burials and some remains of the structures. See also * Exeter monastery References

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Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor being the largest contemporary male order), an order for nuns known as the Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis, a Third Order of Saint Francis#Third Order Regular, religious and Secular Franciscan Order, secular group open to male and female members. Franciscans adhere to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of the founder and of his main associates and followers, such as Clare of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, and Elizabeth of Hungary. Several smaller Franciscan spirituality in Protestantism, Protestant Franciscan orders have been established since the late 19th century as well, particularly in the Lutheranism, Lutheran and Anglicanism, Anglican traditions. Certain Franciscan communities are ecumenism, ecumenical in nat ...
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