Bible Encyclopedias
Death, Brothers of
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a name given to the religious of the order of St. Paul, the first hermit, on account of the figure of a death's head which they were always to have with them, in order to keep perpetually before them the thought of death. The order was suppressed by pope Urban VIII.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Death, Brothers of'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/death-brothers-of.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.