Derde Orde van St Franciscus

In the late Middle Ages many laymen felt attracted to religious life without the wish to live a monastic life. So were Franciscan Tertians and Tertiaries. In course of time some of these houses developed into monasteries; many of them were later on transferred to the Augustinians (Kapittel of Sion or Kapittel of Holland), modelled on Windesheim.

Convents

* Amersfoort, Agnietenconvent
* Amsterdam, Claraklooster (women's convent)
* Amsterdam, Maria Magdalenaklooster (women's convent)
* Beverwijk, Marienborn, tertiaries
* Delft, Agathaklooster
* Delft, Barbaraklooster
* Dordrecht, Mariënborn
* Hoorn, Agnesklooster (women's convent)
* Hoorn, Catharinaklooster (women's convent)
* Leiden, O.L.V. van Bethlehem
* Maastricht, Maagdendries
* Utrecht, Caeciliaklooster (women's convent)
* Utrecht, Nicolaasklooster (women's convent)
* Vollenhove near Zwolle, Janskamp

For a preliminary list of convents see: Goudriaan 1998, pp. 241-244.

Unindentified manuscripts

* NL-NLOOSDRs Graduale s.n., probably of tertiary origin is preserved in Sypesteyn
* NL-DHk 128 D 29, Missal, early 15th and 2nd half 15th century, diocese Utrecht, perhaps (?) from a house of Franciscan tertiaries
* NL-Uc Warmond 92 G 7, Ordines ad recipiendi et includendi fratres et sorores ad ordinem b. Francisci de Penitentia, 1440 (CMD-NL, nr. 759a, pl. 544)
* Some late- and post-medieval tertiary manuscripts are in St-Jozefsdal, formerly Besloten Hof in Herentals

Literature

* Van Heel: De tertiarissen van het Utrechtsche Kapittel
* K. Goudriaan: De Derde orde van Franciscus in het bisdom Utrecht. Een voorstudie (1998)
* Ons Geestelijk Erf 74, afl 1-2 (maart-juni 2000): De derde orde van Franciscus in het bisdom Utrecht. Themanummer

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