ANNUNCIATE

ANNUNCIATE, ANNUNTIATA, or ANNUNTIATE, a Denomination common to several Orders, both Religious and Military; instituted with a View to the Annunciation.
See ORDER and ANNUNCIATION.
The first Religious Order of this kind, was instituted in 1232, by seven Florentine Merchants. These are also called Servites, q.d. Servants.
See SERVITES.
The second was a Nunnery at Bourges, founded by Joan, Queen of France, after her Divorce from Louis XII.
The third, was also a Nunnery, founded by a Genevese Lady in 1600. The fourth, a Friary, founded by Cardinal Torquemada, at Rome; which last are grown so very rich, that they give Fortunes of sixty Roman Crowns to above 400 Girls, on the Anniversary of the Annunciation.
Knights of the ANNUNCIATE, was a military Order, instituted in 1350, by Amadeus, Duke of Savoy. See KNIGHT.



It was first called the Order of the True Lovers Knots; in memory of a Bracelet of Hair presented to the Founder by a Lady. But upon the Election of Amadeus VI to the Pontificate, it changed its name to that of the Order of the Annunciation.

ANNUNCIATE