# Boni Homines

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The name '''{{Lang|la|Boni Homines|italic=no}}''' ('Good men' in Latin) or '''{{Lang|fr|Bonshommes|italic=no}}''' (the same in French) was popularly given to at least three religious orders in the Catholic Church: 

== Grandmontines==
{{main|Grandmontines}}

The Order of Grandmont, were an austere order founded by [St. Stephen of Muret](/source/St._Stephen_of_Muret). By the end of the twelfth century they had more than sixty monasteries, principally in Acquitaine, Anjou and Normandy. The rules of the order were relaxed to a great extent after 1643.  In the Eighteenth Century they had three convents of nuns.<ref>''L'Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militaires, et des congregations séculières de l'un et de l'autre sexe, qui ont été établis jusqu'à présent'', [Pierre Helyot](/source/Pierre_Helyot) (1714–21), cited in {{cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Boni Homines |volume=2 |first=David Oswald Hunter |last=Blair}}</ref>  The order was suppressed in the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution).

== The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence==
{{main|Brothers of Penitence}}
 
The Fratres Saccati, or Brothers of Penitence, were an order that were active in Spain, France and England.  It is said that they controlled [Ashridge Priory](/source/Ashridge_Priory) and [Edington Priory](/source/Edington_Priory) in England, but this has been completely repudiated in an article by Richard Emory in the journal ''Speculum'' (1943), who attributes the original connection to [Helyot](/source/Helyot)'s ''Dictionnaire des Ordres Religieux'', which was compiled in Paris between the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

==The Portuguese Boni Homines of Villar de Frades==
{{main|Portuguese Boni Homines}}

The Portuguese Boni Homines were founded by [John de Vicenza](/source/John_de_Vicenza) in the fifteenth century.<ref>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Boni Homines |volume=2 |first=David Oswald Hunter |last=Blair}}</ref> and their foundation was confirmed by [Pope Martin V](/source/Pope_Martin_V) under the title of "Boni Homines".  
They had charge of all the royal hospitals in Portugal and sent missionaries to India and Ethiopia.

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