Barnabites

a congregation of regular clerks in the Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1532 by three priests — Zaccharia of Cremona, Ferrari and Moriaia of Milan. -From their first church, St. Paul's in Milan, they were originally called the Regular Clerks of St. Paul (Paulines), which name they exchanged for Barnabites when, in 1545, they were presented with the church of St. Barnabas in Milan. A new rule for the congregation was drawn up by the General Chapter in 1579, approved by Charles Borromeo, the protector of the order, and ratified by the pope. In addition to the three monastic vows, they take a fourth, never to exert themselves for an office within the congregation or without, and never to accept a dignity out of the congregation except by a special permission of the pope. Their houses are called colleges. The superior is chosen every third year by a General Chapter. The lay brothers have to pass through a novitiate of five years. The extension has been limited to Italy, Austria, France, and Spain. In the two latter countries they were destroyed by the Revolution, but they re- entered France, full of hope, in 1857. The most celebrated member of the order in modern times was Cardinal Lambruschini. The order has also, in late years, been entered by several Russians of the highest families, who had left the Greek Church for that of Rome, e.g. by Count Schuwaloff. They had, in 1860, 22 houses in Italy, 3 in Austria, and 1 in France. See Helyot, Ordres Religieux, 1:372.