Barbi (Or Barbati, i.e. Bearded)

Barbi (Or Barbati, i.e. Bearded)

The lay brethren of several orders, especially those of the order of Grandmont, who had the management of the temporalities, were so called. We find mention of a distinct order of Friars Barbi in Alberici in 1113 and 1240, Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature