Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Mary, Queen of All Saints VII


The Seven Holy Founders were members of a Florentine Confraternity devoted to the Holy Mother of God. They were instructed by Our Lady 

Florence.

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in a vision to retire from the world and to found the Order of the Servants of Mary (Servites). This they did on Monte Senario, near Florence, Italy, adopting the Augustinian Rule. They have a special veneration for Our Lady's Seven Dolors.


excerpted from the book Mary, Queen of Apostles written by Rosalie Marie Levy.

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