Bethlehemites

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Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, founder of the Order of Bethlehemite Brothers

Bethlehemites, or Bethlemites, is the name of five

Catholic religious orders
. Two of them were restored to existence in the 20th century. The other three are extinct.

12th-century order in Bethlehem and Italy

Main article: Military Order of Cross-bearers with the Red Star on a Blue Field

This order was founded in Bethlehem and managed a seminary there, until the Christian expulsion from the Holy Land. The order then moved to northern Italy, where it remained until it dissolved some time in the 16th century.

13th-century order in England

Main article: Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem

The author of an article in the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia says that, in his Grande Chronique,

Blessed Agnes of Bohemia confided two hospitals to their charge. They have since remained in that country where they devote themselves to the care of the sick, to education, and to the various works of the ecclesiastical ministry.[1]

The author states that nothing further is known of this order, which he describes as a military order. He thus fails to indicate if it was connected with the

bishopric of Bethlehem.[2] This order was founded in the 13th century and its members were known as the Bethlehemites.[3]

15th century still-born military order

On 18 January 1459, following the taking of

Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.[1][4]

That their needs might be supplied, the pope turned over to them the property and revenues of the

order of St. Lazarus, the order of Sainte-Marie du Château des Bretons, the order of Bologna, the order of the Holy Sepulchre, the order of Santo Spirito in Sassia, the order of St. Mary of the Crossed Friars, and the order of St. James of Lucca, suppressing all these orders for this purpose. He alluded in a bull to this foundation and the bravery of its knights, but the second capture of Lemnos by the Turks rendered the institution useless. Thus the order of Our Lady of Bethlehem was suppressed almost as soon as founded and those orders whose goods the pope had transmitted to it were re-established.[1][4]

17th century Bethlehemite Brothers

Main article: Bethlehemite Brothers
Symbol of the Order of the Bethlehemite Brothers in the Convent of Bethlehemites of Mexico City

The Order of Bethlehemite Brothers (or Bethlehem Brothers) are a

Canarian
.

Their official name is Order of Bethlehemite Brothers (Ordo Fratrum Bethlemitarum: O.F.B.), or Bethlehem Brothers (Hermanos de Belén).[6] They are also known as the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Bethlehem (Orden de los Hermanos de Nuestra Señora de Bethlehem).[7]

In 2007, the order had 17 members, living in a single community at

La Laguna, in Tenerife, Canary Islands.[6]

20th century Monks and Sisters of Bethlehem

Main article: Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno
Carthusians
.

The Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno (or simply Monks and Sisters of Bethlehem) is a

dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, by the inspiration of a small group of French pilgrims.[8] The Monastic Sisters were founded in France
, soon after, and the Monastic Brothers in 1976.

References

  1. ^ a b c Besse, Jean. "Bethlehemites" in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 11 Sept. 2014
  2. S2CID 162955646
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-81607508-9
    ), p. 54
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-47242095-4
    )
  5. ^ Álvarez Gómez, Jesús, C.M.F., Historia de la vida religiosa, Volume III, Publicaciones Claretianas, Madrid, 1996.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 1425
  7. ^ Colegio Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Bethlemitas Palmira, "Santo Hermano Pedro de San José Betancur"
  8. ^ The beginnings of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno
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