Recollet

Recollet (Lat. recollectus, "gathered together") is the name given to the members of certain reformed bodies of monastic orders, whether of men or women, in the Roman Catholic Church. Among orders of men, an offshoot of the Augustinian hermits, which, under Louis de Montaya, in 1530, obtained considerable popularity in Spain, was called by this name, and the order still exists at Medina Sidonia, Leon, and Pamplona; but outside of Spain, this order is better known under the title of the Reformed Franciscans, who originated about 1592, and were established in France under Henry IV and Louis XIV, and spread thence into Belgium, their houses in these countries and Germany becoming so numerous that they reckoned no less than ten provinces. In the French army of Louis XIV the Reformed Franciscans used to administer the sacrament. A reform of the Cistercian order of nuns in Spain was also called by the same name (Chambers). See Histoire du Clergi Seculier et Regulier, ii, 367 sq.; Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lex. 9:71.