Capuchins
a branch of the Franciscan order of monks, so called from their peculiar capuche or cowl-a pointed hood attached to the ordinary Franciscan coat, and said to have been worn by St. Francis himself. This branch was founded by Matthew de Baschi, an Italian, but with him may be named the famous Lewis de Fossembrun. The Capuchins sought to restore the original rigor of the institutes of St. Francis, which Pope Innocent IV. had relaxed by granting the right to possess property to CARACALLA from their connection with the legend on which Shakespeare has founded his tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet."