BAPTISTINES. (1) A religious order of women founded in 1744 in Genoa by Baptista Solimani. Their rule enjoined a strict fast throughout the entire year, the chanting of the office at midnight and conversation with friends or relatives restricted to three times during the year. (2) A congregation of secular priests founded in 1755 by Dominic Olivieri and placed under the jurisdiction of the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda by Pope Benedict XIV. The congregation ceased to exist at the end of the 18th century.