Order of Friars Minor Conventual

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Catholic religious order Franciscan order mendicant order

The Order of Friars Minor Conventual is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order of friars within the Franciscan family, known for community-based ministry, preaching, and service to the poor.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Order of Friars Minor Conventual canonical	10
Conventual Franciscans	2
Franciscan family	2
Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land	1
Order of Friars Minor	1
Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Order of Friars Minor Conventual
Context triple: [Franciscan Order, hasBranch, Order of Friars Minor Conventual]

A. Franciscan Order
The Franciscan Order is a Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi, known for its vows of poverty, missionary work, and dedication to serving the poor and marginalized.
B. Order of the Discalced Carmelites
The Order of the Discalced Carmelites is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order known for its contemplative spirituality, strict austerity, and reform of the Carmelite tradition initiated by St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
C. Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
D. Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers, commonly known as the Jesuits, renowned for its work in education, intellectual scholarship, and missionary activity worldwide.
E. Missionaries of the Holy Family
The Missionaries of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to promoting and supporting Christian family life in the spirit of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Order of Friars Minor Conventual
Target entity description: The Order of Friars Minor Conventual is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order of friars within the Franciscan family, known for community-based ministry, preaching, and service to the poor.

A. Franciscan Order
The Franciscan Order is a Catholic religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi, known for its vows of poverty, missionary work, and dedication to serving the poor and marginalized.
B. Order of the Discalced Carmelites
The Order of the Discalced Carmelites is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order known for its contemplative spirituality, strict austerity, and reform of the Carmelite tradition initiated by St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
C. Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
D. Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers, commonly known as the Jesuits, renowned for its work in education, intellectual scholarship, and missionary activity worldwide.
E. Missionaries of the Holy Family
The Missionaries of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to promoting and supporting Christian family life in the spirit of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic religious order ⓘ Franciscan order ⓘ mendicant order ⓘ
admitsMembers	men ⓘ
emphasizes	fraternal life in community ⓘ
followsRule	Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ
followsSpiritualityOf	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
governedBy	Minister General ⓘ linked to: Superior General
hasAbbreviation	OFM Conv. ⓘ linked to: O.F.M.
hasBranchType	friars ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	clerical religious institute of pontifical right ⓘ
hasCharism	community-based ministry ⓘ missionary work ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ preaching ⓘ service to the poor ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature	large hood on habit ⓘ white cord with three knots ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn	Rome ⓘ
hasLatinName	Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium ⓘ linked to: Order of Friars Minor Conventual
hasPresenceIn	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
hasTheologicalEmphasis	Christ-centered poverty ⓘ Mariology ⓘ
hasTypeOfVows	solemn vows ⓘ
isClericalInstitute	true ⓘ
isMendicant	true ⓘ
isOfPontificalRight	true ⓘ
isOrganizedInto	custodies ⓘ delegations ⓘ provinces ⓘ
isPartOf	First Order of Saint Francis ⓘ linked to: Order of Friars Minor
liturgicalRite	Roman Rite ⓘ
memberOf	Franciscan family ⓘ linked to: Order of Friars Minor Conventual
primaryApostolate	education ⓘ parish ministry ⓘ preaching missions and retreats ⓘ shrine and sanctuary ministry ⓘ social services for the poor ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
requiresEvangelicalCounsels	chastity ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ
sharesOriginWith	Order of Friars Minor ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Capuchin ⓘ
veneration	Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Immaculate Conception
wearsHabitColor	black ⓘ dark grey ⓘ

How these facts were elicited