Bernardino Ochino
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Bernardino Ochino was an Italian, who was raised a Roman Catholic and later turned to Protestantism and became a Protestant reformer.
Bernardino Ochino in a 16th-century engraving.
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant, the other
Bernardino Ochino
…to the order of Franciscan Friars. From 1510 he studied medicine at Perugia. At the age of 38, Ochino transferred himself in 1534 to the newly founded Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. By then he was the close friend of Juan de Valdés, Pietro Bembo, Vittoria Colonna, Pietro Martire, and Carnesecchi. In 1538 he was elected vicar-general…
The remains of 4,000 friars adorn the ossuary of the Santa Maria della Concezione
A Capuchin friar/priest ready to administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession).
Capuchin friars in Paraguay, wearing the traditional Franciscan habit.