Saint of the Day – 18 April – Saint Amideus (Died 1265) OSM Servite Founder and Friar of the Order of the Servants of Mary. Also known as – Bartolomeo degli Amidei, Amadeus. Additional Feast on as the Seven Holy Founders.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Tuscany, on Mount Senario, the blessed St Amideus, one of the Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary, very celebrated for an ardent love of God.”
Amideus was born to the wealthy Amidei Family in Florence. He, together with his six brother Friars founded the Order in 1233.
The Order was founded in 1233 by The Seven Holy Founders, each a member of a Patrician family of Florence, Italy.
These cloth merchants left their City, families and professions and withdrew to Monte Senario, a mountain outside Florence, for a life of poverty and penance.
The seven were:
Bonfilius of Florence, born Bonfilius Monaldi (Buonfiglio dei Monaldi);
Alexis of Florence, born Alexis Falconieri (Italian:
Alessio Falconieri) (1200 – 17 February 1310);
Manettus of Florence, born Benedict dell’Antella (Benedetto dell’ Antella);
Amideus, born Bartholemew Amidei (died 1266) (also known as Bartolomeo degli Amidei);
Hugh of Florence, born Ricovero Uguccioni (Hugh dei Lippi Uggucioni (Ricovero dei Lippi-Ugguccioni));
Sostene of Florence, born Gerardino Sostegni (Gherardino di Sostegno);
and Buonagiunta of Florence, born John Manetti (Giovanni di Buonagiunta (Bonajuncta)).
They were Cnonised by Pope Leo XIII on 15 January 1888.
Their full history here:
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