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Servite
[ sur-vahyt ]
noun
, Roman Catholic Church.
- a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
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Meantime the Servite brothers of the Annunziata were growing impatient for the completion of their altar-piece.
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The money was a thank-offering from a woman for having been absolved from a vow by one of the Servite priests.
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He died before this work was completed, of hydropsy, and was buried in the Servite Church.
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Born in 1513, he entered the Servite order in the cloister of the Annunziata.
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Pretending to be repentant and charitable, he sent poisoned bread and wine to the Servite monastery.
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