Crescentius Grizi of Jesi (died 1263) was an Italian Franciscan who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. He was an opponent of the Franciscan Spirituals, and was deposed as general in 1247 in favour of John of Parma of their party. Events Detmold, Germany was founded. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... The Blessed John of Parma was Minister General (i. ...
He initiated a systematic search for documentary materials on Francis of Assisi and early Franciscan history.[1] He commissioned the Vita secunda of Thomas of Celano.[2] The accumulated corpus is known as the Assisi Compilation.[3] Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 â October 3, 1226) founded the Franciscan Order or Friars Minor. // Francis was born to Pietro di Bernardone, a prominent businessman, and his wife Pica Bourlemont, about whom little is known except that she was originally from France. ... Thomas of Celæno, also known as Thomas of Celano (around 1200 - around 1255), was a Franciscan monk and hymnodist whose chief claim to fame is his authorship of the Dies Iræ. Thomas was one of the first disciples of St Francis of Assisi and joined the order around 1215. ...