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Benedictine monks are found all over the world, although not in Antarctica: The Order of St. Benedict.
There are Franciscan Friars and they were founded by St. Francis of Assisi.
Monks can be found at the monastery west of Edgeville.
Some types of monks include Benedictine monks, Franciscan monks, and Trappist monks. Each type of monk belongs to a different religious order with its own set of customs, practices, and rules.
Those would be monks.
The Franciscan Order. However, they are not monks, they are friars. Monks live in a monastery and work there, friars live in a convent or friary and work in the "real world."
The Franciscan order was named after its founder, St. Francis of Assisi. However, they were not monks, they were friars. Monks live in monasteries while friars live in the world.
The Benedictine order named for St. Benedict.
if you refer to Catholic monks, they are called the Order of Preachers. Noted congregations to these are Franciscans and Dominicans....
The Benedictines founded by St. Benedict of Nursia
Whirling Dervish.
Order of Friars Minor--WIKIPEDIA