Secular Franciscans
E397959
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secular Franciscan Order | 4 |
| International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order | 1 |
| Secular Franciscan Order fraternities | 1 |
| Secular Franciscans canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3719950 — 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: Secular Franciscans Context triple: [Tau cross, usedBy, Secular Franciscans]
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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.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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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 Friars Minor Conventual
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.
- 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: Secular Franciscans Target entity description: 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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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.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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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 Friars Minor Conventual
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic lay order
ⓘ
Franciscan family branch ⓘ public association of the faithful ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
follow Christ in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi
ⓘ
live the Gospel in everyday life ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Order of Friars Minor
ⓘ
surface form:
First Order Franciscans
Order of Friars Minor ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Capuchin ⓘ Order of Friars Minor Conventual ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a religious institute ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
care for creation
ⓘ
conversion of heart ⓘ fraternity ⓘ peace ⓘ penance ⓘ service to the poor ⓘ |
| encourages |
daily prayer
ⓘ
frequent reception of the sacraments ⓘ participation in parish life ⓘ |
| followsSpiritualityOf |
Saint Francis of Assisi
ⓘ
surface form:
Francis of Assisi
|
| foundedInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Constitutions of the Order of Friars Minor
ⓘ
surface form:
General Constitutions of the Secular Franciscan Order
|
| hasAbbreviation | OFS ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | CIOFS ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | public association of the faithful with its own Rule ⓘ |
| hasFormerName |
Third Order of Saint Francis
ⓘ
surface form:
Secular Third Order of St. Francis
Third Order of Saint Francis ⓘ
surface form:
Third Order of St. Francis
|
| hasInternationalCouncil |
Secular Franciscans
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order
|
| hasMotto |
Pacem et Bonum
ⓘ
surface form:
Pax et Bonum
|
| hasOfficialName |
Third Order of Saint Francis
ⓘ
surface form:
Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis
|
| hasRuleApprovedBy | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| hasRuleApprovedInYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| hasRuleName |
Rule of Saint Francis
ⓘ
surface form:
Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order
|
| hasSeatIn | Rome ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Poor Clares
ⓘ
surface form:
Penitents of Assisi
|
| isInCommunionWith | Holy See ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Franciscan family ⓘ |
| isPresentIn | multiple continents ⓘ |
| isWorldwide | true ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeast |
Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
|
| livesInState | secular state ⓘ |
| meetsIn | local fraternities ⓘ |
| membershipType |
lay faithful
ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ |
| organizedAtLevel |
international fraternity
ⓘ
local fraternity ⓘ national fraternity ⓘ regional fraternity ⓘ |
| patronSaint |
Saint Clare of Assisi
ⓘ
surface form:
Clare of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
surface form:
Francis of Assisi
|
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| requires |
period of formation
ⓘ
profession of the Rule ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Secular Franciscans Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Secular Franciscan Order
this entity surface form:
Secular Franciscan Order
this entity surface form:
Secular Franciscan Order
this entity surface form:
Secular Franciscan Order
this entity surface form:
International Council of the Secular Franciscan Order
this entity surface form:
Secular Franciscan Order fraternities