Sunflower Mens Wedding

BROTHERHOOD OF ST SS Maria delle Grazie. BROTHERHOOD OF MEDICAL

It should be noted first that the worship of the local community to the two holy brothers doctors, Cosmas and Damian, is very old.
was a group of worthy citizens, Noble, owners, peasants and artisans to create the association confraternal. In the deed of foundation, established April 9, 1822, was established by the founders to name the association "under the title of Our Lady of Grace," not missing the unanimous devotion to that ancient Marian title to propitiate the wide popularity el 'immediate approval by the ecclesiastical authorities, receiving also the year following the royal assent to the legal statutes of the organization.
Among the vicissitudes of a few decades of life wandering from church to church, the association had gained the experience of a new cultural direction practiced mostly in their oratory Torre Carelli, supporting the revived popular devotion to the Saints Medici. It was thus that in 1857 it took its title, joining it to the original of the Madonna delle Grazie. Guessed it was a move that paved the way to solving the most important issue, that of searching for an identity and, above all, its own permanent seat, rimeritandogli a greater favor with the widest audience of devotees.
It did not take so long to identify and carve out a space in the new neighborhood populated "Tripoli", with a strong expansion.
In early 1924, was opened on 8 July 1928, the church yard got its accessibility with an initial blessing of the diocesan bishop, including the jubilant jubilation of many devotees and benefactors.
is expected, however, the completion of the finishing touches to the consecration which took place in 1930, under the diocesan bishop Monsignor Pasquale Gioia putting course, under the title of Saints Cosmas and Damian.
After a little more than a decade, this church was chosen to house the parish by the diocesan bishop Monsignor Achille Salvucci era.
by the Brotherhood members are distinguished by their red mozzetta.
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-text from the book "Terlizzi. The Church - The Churches "by Rev. Gary Valente.
-Photos by Francesco De Nicolo.