The Order of Friars Minor (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum; also called the Franciscan Order, the Franciscans, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation O.F.M.), is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachings and spiritual disciplines of the founder and of his main associates and followers, such as Clare of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, and Elizabeth of Hungary, among many others. Franciscans are sometimes referred to as minorites or greyfriars because of their habit. In Poland and Lithuania are known as Bernardines, after Bernardino of Siena, although the term elsewhere refers to Cistercians instead.