Fraticelli of Monte Malbe
The Fraticelli of Monte Malbe (Italian: Fraticelli di Monte Malbe) were a religious order founded in the fourteenth century in Monte Malbe, near Perugia, by Francesco di Niccolò of Perugia.[1] The order then spread and erected hermitages also at Sansepolcro and Mount Subasio, near Assisi. The order was then led by St. Augustine, during which time it was approved by the bishops of Perugia and Città di Castello. In 1363 the bishop of Perugia nominated Liberato di Simone from Sansepolcro as leader. The movement was then affected by the Inquisition in the years 1361-1362, which ultimately led to its dissolution in the last decades of the fourteenth century.
One of the core principles of the Friars of Monte Malbe is radical voluntary poverty, in contrast to the Franciscans, whom they accused of deviating from their origins and of committing simony.
The Fraticelli of Monte Malbe were a Mendicant order.