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S. MARY STAR OF THE FELLOWSHIP

Beginning in the second decade of the nineteenth century, the history of the church of the Madonna della Stella sempree more intertwined inextricably with that of the confraternity erected with the express purpose of ensuring and enhancing, through the restoration and structural recovery of the temple, the cult of the Madonna holder. Marian
The brotherhood was founded in 1822 when, through a public deed of April 7, notarized by a notary Francesco Tangari, people with different backgrounds but mostly peasants, led by Archpriest Joseph Harris, will rely on the legal instrument to come together in brotherhood dedicated to the cult of Virgin under the title of Stella, who is venerated in a church on the road leading to Bitonto.
The statute was approved by Ferdinand I in Vienna on May 9, 1823.
The zeal of this first group of congregations, together with the possibility of restoration of the church and revival of the cult of the Virgin in a chapel at the confluence of the director of urban sprawl such as that which was already leading to the early nineteenth century, appeared will be very valid reasons why the Bishop of the time, Judge Philip Carrocciolo (1820-1833) assigned to the infant church fellowship and appliances.
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The early years were of the Brotherhood of feverish activity the momentum of the cult of the Virgin Mary and the restoration of the church who, after abandoning a secular, could again become a reference point in even large tissue confraternal strongly imbued with devotion to Mary, which included several combinations placed under the protection of the Virgin Mary venerated in the securities of Presentation in the Temple of Sovereto, del Rosario, the Graces.
Repair factories reduced to decency and the entire building, in 1828 the Brotherhood is committed in the implementation in the public processions of the statue of the holder.
To realize you locate the sculptor Terlizzi Joseph Volpe in 1828, despite his young age (32 years), had already proven, even in his own city, expertise and skill in the art of sculpture, for the church of S. Ignatius, the statue of the Archangel Raphael with Tobias.
The image will be taken devozionele of this grade is to be replaced in worship, in a few years, the ancient fresco that also gave birth to the association.

image Marian was soon completely lose the tracks.
This first phase of enthusiasm followed by a less lively and the events of the partnership reproduce those of similar institutions in steep decline and closed in on purely devotional aspects and management of funeral chapels. New
activism and cultural recovery of the original purpose the brotherhood shows the present day, in addition to the various moments of prayer, it takes care of the annual celebration of the Holder, which culminates with the celebration of May, when the statue of the Madonna break in the new parish church, then return to his former seat.
The members of the Brotherhood can be recognized by color mozzetta "cans."
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-text from the book "The church, the brotherhood, the parish of Santa Maria della Stella in Terlizzi" Francesco Di Palo.
-Photos by Francesco De Nicolo.