page_title: Francis of Paola
section_title: Diet
hierarchical_section_title: Francis of Paola / Diet
caption_attribution_description: English: Bormes-les-Mimosas, France, Saint Francis of Paola
context_page_description: Francis of Paola, O.M. was an Italian mendicant friar and the founder of the Roman Catholic Order of Minims. Unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders, and like his patron saint, Francis was never ordained a priest.
context_section_description: Francis followed a diet not only free from animal flesh, but also from all animal-derived foods, such as eggs and dairy products. One of the vows of the order he founded was the abstinence from meat, fish, eggs, butter, cheese and milk. Francis has been described as a vegan.
  The two major movements in this order were humility and non-violence. The word "Minim" refers to living as the smallest or least, or embracing humility, simplicity, and plainness. The call to non-violence and absence of cruelty was expressed through not doing harm to any creature.
caption: Francis de Paula, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
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