Servite Sisters
Author: Schoonebeek, Adriaan, ca. 1660-1714
Image Title: Servite Sisters
Description: In this etched print, a member of the Servite Order appears to be caught up in an ecstatic vision. The Order of Servites was founded by seven wealthy Florentine city councilors who abandoned their worldly positions to devote themselves entirely to the service of the Order. They adopted a black habit and the Rule of Saint Augustine, with some additions from the Dominican constitutions. The Servite nuns were founded by two penitents of Philip Benizi, who was the Order’s most influential member in its early days. The Servites were chiefly contemplative, while the sisters of the Third Order, who were founded by St Julianna Falconieri in 1306, devoted themselves to care of the sick and the poor and to the education of children.
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