SAINT BUONFIGLIO MONALDO was one of the seven young men who formed the Servants of Mary, known popularly today as the Servites. As the eldest of the Seven Holy Founders, Buonfiglio was elected Prior General. He died in 1251 and so did not live to see the formal approval of his Order which occurred in 1304. The Seven Holy Founders of the Servites were: Buonfiglio, Alexis, Amadeus, Hugh, Sostenes, Manettus, and Buonguinta.