Saint Benedict dell’Antella

Also known as

• Manettus
• Manetius
• Manetto

Memorial

• 17 February

Profile

One of the Seven Founders of the Servants of Mary. Attended the Council of Lyons in 1246. Governed the Servites in the Tuscan province in 1260. Took the Servite Order to France at the request of King Saint Louis IX. Fourth prior-general of the Servites. Sent missionaries to Asia. Retired to turn authority over to Saint Philip Benizi.

Died

• 20 August 1268 of natural causes

Beatified

• 1 December 1717 by Pope Clement XI

Canonized

• 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• New Catholic Dictionary: Servites
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benedict dell’Antella”. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 August 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benedict-dellantella/>