Home›Catholic Religious Orders and Congregations›Founded ByBrowse ByFounded ByThis page groups religious orders by the person who founded them. Wikipedia records, for example, "the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212)" among the earliest Catholic orders. Browsing by founder lets a visitor trace an order back to the individual who first gathered it.FactsFounded BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Founded ByFilter Results1 entryWho may joinAllLay and Ordained Together (1)Men Only (1)Kind of orderAllCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations (1)Originated InAllItaly (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1575 (1)TraditionAllRoman Catholicism (1)Doctrinal PositionAllCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)ApostolateAllPreaching (1)Teaching and Education (1)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (1)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllHoly Orders / Apostolic Succession (1)Vowed Religious Profession (not ordained) (1)Rooted InAllRoman Catholicism (1)GenderAllMale (1)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (1)Lifespan or Floruit Start YearAll1515 (1)Manner of DeathAllDied of natural causes (1)Traditions Revering This FigureAllChristianity (1)Show ResultsPhilip NeriFounded By1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: Religious OrdersComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.