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principally the Franciscans. The Latin term Fraterculus does not occur in historical records concerning the Fraticelli. Etymologically, the name Friars Minor (Fratres Minores) is equivalent to the diminutive Fraticellus. The ideal of the founder of the Friars Minor, Saint Francis of Assisi, was that his disciples, by evangelical poverty, complete self-denial, and humility,

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