Rule of Saint Francis

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foundational text religious rule

The Rule of Saint Francis is the foundational set of religious guidelines that shapes the spiritual life, poverty, and communal practices of the Franciscan Order.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Rule of Saint Francis canonical	6
Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi	4
Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order	3
Earlier Rule of Saint Francis	1
Franciscan Rule	1
Rule of St. Francis	1
Rule of the Friars Minor	1
Rule of the Order of Friars Minor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040914 — 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: Rule of Saint Francis
Context triple: [Franciscan Order, ruleOfLife, Rule of Saint Francis]

A. Rule of Saint Benedict
The Rule of Saint Benedict is a foundational 6th-century monastic code that shaped Western Christian monasticism through its balanced guidance on prayer, work, and communal life.
B. Rule of Saint Augustine
The Rule of Saint Augustine is an early Christian monastic rule, attributed to Augustine of Hippo, that outlines a communal life of poverty, chastity, obedience, and shared charity for religious communities.
C. Constitutions of the Order of Preachers
The Constitutions of the Order of Preachers are the fundamental legislative texts that govern the life, mission, and communal discipline of the Dominican friars within the Catholic Church.
D. 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.
E. Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Italian Catholic friar and mystic renowned for his radical poverty, love of nature, and role as the founder of the Franciscan Order.
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: Rule of Saint Francis
Target entity description: The Rule of Saint Francis is the foundational set of religious guidelines that shapes the spiritual life, poverty, and communal practices of the Franciscan Order.

A. Rule of Saint Benedict
The Rule of Saint Benedict is a foundational 6th-century monastic code that shaped Western Christian monasticism through its balanced guidance on prayer, work, and communal life.
B. Rule of Saint Augustine
The Rule of Saint Augustine is an early Christian monastic rule, attributed to Augustine of Hippo, that outlines a communal life of poverty, chastity, obedience, and shared charity for religious communities.
C. Constitutions of the Order of Preachers
The Constitutions of the Order of Preachers are the fundamental legislative texts that govern the life, mission, and communal discipline of the Dominican friars within the Catholic Church.
D. 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.
E. Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi was a 13th-century Italian Catholic friar and mystic renowned for his radical poverty, love of nature, and role as the founder of the Franciscan Order.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foundational text ⓘ religious rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ surface form: Franciscan Rule Regula bullata ⓘ Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ surface form: Rule of the Friars Minor
author	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ surface form: Francis of Assisi
centralTheme	chastity ⓘ evangelical poverty ⓘ fraternity ⓘ humility ⓘ imitation of Christ ⓘ missionary preaching ⓘ obedience ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
dateWritten	1223 ⓘ
governs	Order of Friars Minor ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Capuchin ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Conventual ⓘ
influenced	Secular Franciscans ⓘ surface form: Secular Franciscan Order Third Order of Saint Francis ⓘ surface form: Third Order Regular of Saint Francis
inspiredBy	Gospels ⓘ surface form: Gospel of Jesus Christ apostolic life of the early Church ⓘ life of Christ ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
liturgicalFeastAssociated	Feast of the Approval of the Rule ⓘ
locationOfOriginalApproval	Rieti Valley ⓘ
papalApprovalBy	Pope Honorius III ⓘ
papalApprovalDate	29 November 1223 ⓘ
papalBullOfApproval	Solet annuere ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Assisi ⓘ
predecessor	Rule of Saint Francis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earlier Rule of Saint Francis Regula non bullata ⓘ
religiousFamily	Order of Friars Minor Conventual ⓘ surface form: Franciscan family
religiousOrder	Franciscan Order ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ Western Christianity ⓘ
requires	common life ⓘ obedience to the Church ⓘ observance of the Gospel ⓘ renunciation of property ⓘ
structure	12 chapters ⓘ
subjectMatter	community discipline ⓘ poverty ⓘ prayer and work ⓘ religious life ⓘ vows ⓘ
usedBy	Order of Friars Minor ⓘ surface form: Franciscan friars Franciscan novices ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franciscan Order → ruleOfLife → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Capuchin friars → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

O.F.M. → ruleFollowed → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

subject surface form: Order of Friars Minor

this entity surface form: Rule of St. Francis

Rule of Saint Francis → alsoKnownAs → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franciscan Rule

Rule of Saint Francis → alsoKnownAs → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of the Friars Minor

Rule of Saint Francis → predecessor → Rule of Saint Francis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earlier Rule of Saint Francis

Order of Friars Minor Conventual → followsRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Third Order of Saint Francis → followsRuleInspiredBy → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Third Order of Saint Francis → governedBy → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin → followsRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Récollets → religiousRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

Grey Friars → followsRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Order of Friars Minor (Bernardines) → followsRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

Form of Life of the Poor Sisters (Rule of Saint Clare) → inspiredBy → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement → followsRuleOf → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

Secular Franciscans → hasRuleName → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order

Franciscans in France → observesRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of the Order of Friars Minor

Franciscans in France → observesRule → Rule of Saint Francis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order

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Referenced by (18)

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