Brewer's: Passionists

Certain priests of the Roman Catholic Church, who mutually agreed to preach “Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” The founder of this “congregation” was Paul Francis, surnamed Paul of the Cross. (1694-1775.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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