Friars, or brethren (French frères, Latin fratres): those orders that went forth to the people.
Assisi: a town in Central Italy where St. Francis was born.
St. Dominic: born in Castile, in Spain, 1170, died 1221; founded his order to convert 'heretics,' and procured the establishment of the Inquisition, or court for punishing heretics.
Sanctuary: a refuge where criminals were safe from the law. Sir W. Scott in the 'Fortunes of Nigel' well describes the lawless character of this district in the reign of James I.
St. Bernard: a celebrated brother of the Cistercian Order (born 1091, died 1153).
[28. THE LONDON CHURCHES.]
St. Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 597 to convert the heathen English: he was the 'Apostle of the English,' and first Archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Dunstan, who became Archbishop of Canterbury and died in 988, was not only a zealous priest but a great statesman and ruler.
St. Alphege: an Archbishop of Canterbury murdered by the Danes in 1012 A.D.