Minim (religious order)
（重定向自Minimite）
![Francis of Paola (1416–1507), founder of the Order of Minims](/Images/godic/202501/27/J_Bourdichon_1507_Sanctus_Francescus_de_Paula2954.jpg")
![Marin Mersenne (1588–1648)](/Images/godic/202501/27/MarinMersenne2954.jpg")
![Charles Plumier (1646–1704)](/Images/godic/202501/27/Plumier_Charles2954.jpg")
![Louis Feuillée (1660–1732).](/Images/godic/202501/27/Feuilleepere2954.jpg")
The Minims (also called the Minimi or Order of Minims, abbreviated O.M.) are members of a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The Order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain, and continues to exist today.