Crutched Friars

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Crutched Friars an order of mendicant friars established in Italy by 1169, which spread to England, France, and the Low Countries in the 13th century and was suppressed in 1656; the name comes (from obsolete crouch ‘cross’) from their bearing or wearing a cross, first on the top of their staves, and then on their habits, first in scarlet and then in blue.

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Crutched Friars

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Crutched Friars see CROSS 1.

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