Immacolata Concezione Dei Minoritelli, Catania
San Michele Arcangelo ai Minoriti is a Roman Catholic parish church and attached monastery in the city center of Catania, region of Sicily, Italy. The former monastery, to the left of the facade, now houses shops on the ground-floor, and above are the offices of the Provincial government and the ''Prefettura'' or ''Prefecture'' (National office in province). History The Clerics Regular Minor The Clerics Regular Minor ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium Minorum), commonly known as the Caracciolini or Adorno Fathers, is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers founded by Francis Caracciolo, Augustine Adorno, and Fabrizio ..., or Adorno Fathers, known in Italy as ''Caracciolini'' after their founder, Saint Francesco Caracciolo, and in Catania as ''Minoriti'' was an order of priests and brothers, approved by the pope in 1588, and mainly dedicated to pastoral care of the infirm and needy. They first came to Catania in 1625, on the invitation by the bishop Innocenzo Ma ...
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