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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forBarnabitesThe popular designation of the " Regular Clerks of the Congregation of St. Paul." They are called Barnabites because in the sixteenth century they preached in a church of St. Barnabas in Milan. The order was founded by St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria (in particular), Bartolommeo Ferrari, and Giacomo Antonio Morigena, and the foundation was sanctioned by Clement VII. in 1533. In 1579 St. Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, examined their constitutions, and finally approved and confirmed them. The Barnabites are a body of secular clergy who live in the world but devote their lives to the work of caring for the sick, instructing the young, preaching repentance, and sanctifying them-selves. " Besides the three usual vows they take a fourth, never to seek any office or ecclesiastical dignity, and to accept no post outside of their order without the permission of the Pope. The habit is merely the black soutane worn by secular priests in Lombardy at the time of their foundation " (Addis and Arnold). They have now about twenty colleges in Italy, Austria, and France, their chief establishment being at Rome, where their General resides. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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