ters — a contemplative community founded in Spain, in 1484, by St. Beatriz da Silva e Menezes (1424-1490). However, the Conceptionists did not agree to the union, and for that reason Fr. Gilbert prepared a third edition of the Rule which was approved on July 25, 1517. by Pope Leo X. In 1528 and 1529, the Friars Minor of the Observance added supplements and statutes to The Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Most B.V.M. Pope Julius II, and also popes Innocent XII and Innocent XIII, confirmed The Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Most B.V.M. In addition to approving the Rule, Julius II, and the above-mentioned Leo X, granted indulgences to the Chaplet of the Ten Evangelical Virtues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, contained in that Rule. The Chaplet, which was composed by St. Joan, is an obligatory spiritual exercise for those who retain the Rule. In following of the instruction from the Apostolic See, The Rule of the Ten Virtues of the Most B.V.M. was adopted for a male religious Order, which was in agreement with the wish of its Foundress, as mentioned before. Throughout the centuries, Popes granted to the Order of the Annunciade numerous spiritual graces, privileges, and indulgences. 23
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