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Image Image Today, the convent functions as an infirmary for elderly Dominican friars from the area.
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Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Spanish Franciscan friar Diego de Landa Calderon – most famous for his zeal in destroying Maya codices – the Maya painted human beings before forcing them onto an altar and cutting out their beating hearts.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 1 Dec. 2024
The cardinals will be formally installed by Francis on December 8 with the archbishop of Toronto, Frank Leo, and a British theologian, friar Timothy Radcliffe, also among them.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
To get in touch with the miraculous Francis, the folkloric Francis, read the Fioretti, or The Little Flowers of St. Francis, a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Clara Vannucci, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
According to Spanish Franciscan friar Diego de Landa Calderon – most famous for his zeal in destroying Maya codices – the Maya painted human beings before forcing them onto an altar and cutting out their beating hearts.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 1 Dec. 2024
The cardinals will be formally installed by Francis on December 8 with the archbishop of Toronto, Frank Leo, and a British theologian, friar Timothy Radcliffe, also among them.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
To get in touch with the miraculous Francis, the folkloric Francis, read the Fioretti, or The Little Flowers of St. Francis, a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Friar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/friar. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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friar
noun
fri·ar
ˈfrī(-ə)r 
: a member of a Roman Catholic religious order for men
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