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title: "Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order: Feast Day Feb 17"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/seven-holy-founders-of-the-servite-order/
description: "Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, Religious. Remembered on February 17. Read their life in Bless."
---

Religious · Remembered on February 17

# Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order is remembered on February 17 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [February 17](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/#17) |
| Title | Religious |
| Died | c. 1310 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, February 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/seven-holy-founders-of-the-servite-order/#calendar) |

## Life

Seven cloth merchants of Florence who left their prospering trade in 1233 for a life of common prayer on Monte Senario, devoted to the Sorrows of Mary. From their hillside came the Servants of Mary; the Church canonized all seven together, as they had lived.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, February 17, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/17/) | Wednesday of the First Week in Lent | Violet | Jonah 3:1-10 · Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19 · Joel 2:12-13 · Luke 11:29-32 |
| [Thursday, February 17, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/17/) | Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | James 2:1-9 · Psalm 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · John 6:63c, 68c · Mark 8:27-33 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[February 16 St. Onesimus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-onesimus/) [February 18 St. Flavian of Constantinople](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-flavian-of-constantinople/)

[All the saints of February](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/) [Born on February 17?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#02-17) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

Remembered on February 17

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/seven-holy-founders-of-the-servite-order/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/seven-holy-founders-of-the-servite-order/#calendar)

In the app

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