Saint Benedict dell'Antella
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- Also known as
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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 1887 by Pope Leo XIII
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
New Catholic Dictionary: Servites
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