Savonarola hinted at performing miracles to prove his divine mission, but when a rival Franciscan preacher proposed to test that mission by walking through fire, he lost control of the public discourse.

Richard of Ingworth was a Franciscan preacher who was influential in introducing the order to England.

Cork, Ireland, 1729; d. in London, 8 January 1802) was an Irish Franciscan preacher and polemical writer.

Jean de La Haye (Paris, 20 March 1593 - Paris, 15 October 1661) was a French Franciscan preacher and Biblical scholar.

Born at Piegaro, he became an important Franciscan preacher.

Francesco Panigarola (6 February 1548 - 31 May 1594) was an Italian Franciscan preacher and controversialist, and Bishop of Asti.

By this time, Franciscan and Dominican preachers moving from city to city had succeeded in publicizing their ambition to convert all Spaniards to Christianity.

Pietro Caperolo (date of birth unknown; d. at Velletri in 1480) was an Italian Franciscan preacher.

The defence was organized by John Hunyadi who was assisted by the Franciscan preacher, John of Capistrano.

He especially see her as a Franciscan preacher who conforms to the teachings of Francis and spiritual Franciscans (28,3).