Order of Minims
Order of Minims | |
Ordo Minimorum | |
Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims | |
| Abbreviation | O.M. |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1435 |
| Type | Mendicant order of pontifical right (for men) and contemplative communities (for women) |
| Headquarters | Piazza San Francesco di Paola 10, 00184 Rome, Italy |
| Membership | 176 (including 123 priests) (2018) |
Corrector General | Gregorio Colatorti, O.M. |
| Website | ordinedeiminimi |
The Order of Minims (Latin: Ordo Minimorum, abbreviated O.M.; known in German-speaking countries as the Paulaner Order (German: Paulanerorden)) are a mendicant order of friars and nuns in the Catholic Church, founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The Order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain, and continues to exist today.
Like the other mendicant orders, there are three separate components—called Orders—of the movement: the friars, contemplative nuns and a Third Order of laypeople who live in the world while following the spirit of the Order in their daily lives. At present there are only two fraternities of the Minim tertiaries; both are in Italy.