Home›Catholic Religious Orders and Congregations›Origin Period Start Year›15th centuryBrowse By15th centuryThis page groups religious orders by the year they were founded. Wikipedia notes that "religious life began in the Latin Church as early as the 3rd century, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in the 6th, in 529." Browsing by founding year lets a visitor compare how old one order is against another.Facts15th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 115th centuryFilter Results2 entriesRooted InAllRoman Catholicism (1)Originated InAllItaly (1)Portugal (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (2)The vernacular (2)Ordination PracticeAllHoly Orders / Apostolic Succession (2)Vowed Religious Profession (not ordained) (2)Doctrinal PositionAllCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority (2)TraditionAllRoman Catholicism (1)Kind of orderAllCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations (2)Who may joinAllLay and Ordained Together (2)Women Only (1)ApostolateAllPreaching (2)Teaching and Education (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2Conception of Our Lady15th centuryOrder of Minims15th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.