Excerpt from Studies in Church Dedications, Vol. 2 of 3: Or England's Patron Saints The founders of the different Religious Orders are but sparingly represented amongst us. It is only in a very large sense that S. Augustine of Hippo can be regarded as the founder of the distinguished Order that claims him as its patron; and close investigation shows that although one of our English parishes bears the name of St. Bernard, there is no shadow of connexion with the founder of the Cluniac Monks (ch. LL). There still remain to us, however, the several founders of the Benedictine, the Dominican, and the Franciscan Orders; and to these, perhaps, we may add - though more doubtfully - the foundress of the Poor Clares. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.