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Capuchins

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Monks of the Franciscan Order, founded in 1526, so called from a cowl they wear; they were a mendicant order, and were twice over suppressed by the Pope, though they exist still in Austria and Switzerland.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Capuchins'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/capuchins.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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