BERNARDINE, ST., OF SIENA

BERNARDINE, ST., OF SIENA
   born at Massa Carrara, in Italy, of noble family; founder of the Observantines, a branch, and restoration on strict lines, of the Franciscan order; established 300 monasteries of the said branch; his works, written in a mystical vein, fill five folio vols. (1380-1444).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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