FRANCESCANE SERVE DI MARIA - Enciclopedia Cattolica, Vol. V, p. 937

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

FRANCISCAN SERVANTS OF MARY. —
Founded in Blois in 1852 by Mother Virginia Vaslin with the assistance of Bishop Pallu du Parc and the priest Vénot, in 1864 the sisters professed the Rule of the Third Order. They are dedicated to the care of domestic workers and the sick; they also maintain night shelters for women.

Article illustration — Franceschini, Marcantonio - The Miracles and Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew. Bologna, Church of St. Bartholomew.
There are 275 sisters living in 23 houses.

BIBL.: P. Norbert, Les religieuses franciscaines, Paris 1897, pp. 189-97; anon., Les Soeurs franciscaines servantes de Marie, Blois 1935.

FRANCISCAN TERCIARIES OF WALD-
BREITBACH: V. TERZIARI FRANCESCANI DELLA
S. CROCE.