Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Charities & confraternities

Annunziata, Confraternity of the

ANNUNZIATA, CONFRATERNITA DELLA

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Also known as: Confraternity of the Annunciation; Italian: Confraternita dell'Annunziata, Confraternita della Santissima Annunziata

ANNUNZIATA, Confraternity of the. - It was founded at S. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome by Cardinal Torquemada in 1460, to provide dowries for poor girls. The bestowal of the dowry took place on 25 March of each year, and the chosen girls presented themselves to receive it with their heads garlanded with flowers. The popes often attended this ceremony in solemn cavalcades, accompanied by Roman nobles who distributed gifts. The dowry was sixty scudi, and for those who embraced the religious state it was doubled.

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BIBL.: Ughelli, I. col. 209; C. B. Piazza, Emerologia di Roma cristiana, VI, Rome 1713, ch. 35; P. Fournier, s. v. in DHG, III, col. 413.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1396.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Annunziata, confraternita della.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1396. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/annunziata-confraternita-della.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Annunziata, confraternita della.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1396. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/annunziata-confraternita-della.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Annunziata, confraternita della},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1396},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/annunziata-confraternita-della}
}

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