The first certain notice of a brotherhood dedicated to the cult of the saint's healing is made from Montpellier 'registration embedded in the church of S. Rocco, in 'current main square has been handed down the memory of' perpetual indulgence granted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1576 to the Church and the Confraternity of San Rocco di Ruvo. In the archival documents the oldest fraternity is defined as poor, due to cultural background of its members mostly farmers, as well as all the members who are illiterate in 1781 by Ferdinand IV obtained the Royal Assent to the Rules and the foundation : all are signed with the sign of the cross.
confraternal life is marked by a deep devotion and solidarity among the members who, although poor, there are plenty of charities also to 'external Mount said just S. Rocco.
Currently the brotherhood, and in forging the owner and the cult of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which devotes a party in April, organized the impressive procession of the Eight Saints, the night between Wednesday and Holy Thursday, that parade, including wings crowd, 'impressive group representing the Transport of Jesus in the Tomb with life-size statues, the complexity of the base procession, carried on the shoulders of fifty carriers, and the drama of the scene makes it very attractive to the procession as a symbol of Easter celebrations rubastine.
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- Text taken from the site Holy Week Puglia . - Photos by Mauro Piergiovanni (VI Regional Brotherhood Way, Lecce - May 24, 2009).
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