Spiritual Franciscans
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The Spiritual Franciscans were a radical reform movement within the Franciscan Order that insisted on strict observance of absolute poverty and clashed with the papacy over issues of doctrine and authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spiritual Franciscans canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358119 — 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: Spiritual Franciscans Context triple: [Pope John XXII, conflictWith, Spiritual Franciscans]
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A.
Secular Franciscans
The Secular Franciscans are a worldwide Catholic lay order inspired by the spirituality and example of St. Francis of Assisi, living the Gospel in everyday life while remaining in their secular state.
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B.
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.
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C.
Order of Friars Minor (Bernardines)
The Order of Friars Minor (Bernardines) is a Polish branch of the Franciscan mendicant order known for its strict observance, pastoral work, and stewardship of important pilgrimage sites.
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D.
Mendicant orders
Mendicant orders are religious communities, especially within the Catholic Church, whose members live by begging, itinerant preaching, and voluntary poverty rather than monastic enclosure or stable income.
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E.
Order of Poor Clares
The Order of Poor Clares is a contemplative Roman Catholic religious order of nuns following a life of poverty and prayer in the Franciscan tradition.
- 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: Spiritual Franciscans Target entity description: The Spiritual Franciscans were a radical reform movement within the Franciscan Order that insisted on strict observance of absolute poverty and clashed with the papacy over issues of doctrine and authority.
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A.
Secular Franciscans
The Secular Franciscans are a worldwide Catholic lay order inspired by the spirituality and example of St. Francis of Assisi, living the Gospel in everyday life while remaining in their secular state.
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B.
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.
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C.
Order of Friars Minor (Bernardines)
The Order of Friars Minor (Bernardines) is a Polish branch of the Franciscan mendicant order known for its strict observance, pastoral work, and stewardship of important pilgrimage sites.
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D.
Mendicant orders
Mendicant orders are religious communities, especially within the Catholic Church, whose members live by begging, itinerant preaching, and voluntary poverty rather than monastic enclosure or stable income.
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E.
Order of Poor Clares
The Order of Poor Clares is a contemplative Roman Catholic religious order of nuns following a life of poverty and prayer in the Franciscan tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Franciscan movement
ⓘ
religious reform movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept | usus pauper (poor use of goods) ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Pope John XXII ⓘ |
| condemnedInDocument | Cum inter nonnullos ⓘ |
| condemnedInYear | 1323 ⓘ |
| conflictedOver |
doctrine
ⓘ
ecclesiastical authority ⓘ interpretation of Franciscan poverty ⓘ |
| conflictedWith |
Roman Curia
ⓘ
papacy ⓘ |
| consideredHeresyBy |
Roman Catholic Church authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church hierarchy
|
| coreBelief |
absolute poverty
ⓘ
imitation of the poverty of Christ and the apostles ⓘ strict observance of the Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ |
| criticized |
temporal power of the papacy
ⓘ
wealth of the Church ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| emergedInRegion | Italy ⓘ |
| goal |
reform of the Franciscan Order
ⓘ
restoration of primitive Franciscan poverty ⓘ |
| hadInternalOppositionFrom |
Conventual Franciscans
ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Friars Minor Conventual
|
| heldView | apocalyptic expectations influenced by Joachimite ideas ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
medieval Christian movement
ⓘ
medieval heretical movement (in official Church view) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fraticelli
ⓘ
later radical poverty movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francis of Assisi
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Francis of Assisi
Joachim of Fiore ⓘ |
| languageOfActivity |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| opposed |
ownership of property by the Franciscan Order
ⓘ
relaxation of Franciscan poverty observance ⓘ |
| organizationalStatus | dissident group within the Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| partOf | Franciscan Order ⓘ |
| persecutedBy | Inquisition ⓘ |
| religiousOrderBranchOf | Order of Friars Minor ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousVowEmphasis |
austerity
ⓘ
poverty ⓘ |
| sawThemselvesAs | true followers of Saint Francis ⓘ |
| someMembersExecutedIn | early 14th century ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 14th century
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late 13th century ⓘ |
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