Archivio della Arciconfraternita del SS. Crocifisso in S. Marcello, 1400-1890.

San Marcello al Corso (Church : Rome, Italy)

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Capuchins

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Parallel to the general "conventual community" was a small but significant part of the Franciscan community that resisted many of the implications of clericalization. This group held on to the more itinerant and rigorous lifestyle associated with the hermitages and the "observant" movement of renewal that arose around 1330 (observers of the rule of St. Francis). From this latter movement the Capuchins were formed. On May 29, 1517, Leo X issued his bull Ite et vos marking...

Arciconfraternita del SS. Crocifisso in S. Marcello (Rome, Italy)

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This confraternity had its origin in a special devotion that referred to a crucifix in the Church of S. Marcello. The crucifix had been recovered intact after a fire had destroyed the church. Many people began to venerate the image in a distinctive way. In 1522, when Rome was attacked by a contagious disease, some devout people instituted a society of persons who carried the crucifix in procession to the Basilica of St. Peter, begging pardon of the Lord for their faults. This societ...