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Scans visible in this page have been realised and offered by the Hyphen-Group The scans allow to see the confraternity robes in a 360-degrees view. After selecting a robe, you can use the cursor in the lower section of the page to rotate the robe and discover its beauty through the peculiarity of its textiles, which tell charming stories about faith and tradition.
Confraternity of San Giacomo Apostolo
Levanto
White linen robe embroidered with red leaves; a Cross of Santiago and red embroidered leaves on the lower front part; hood embroidered with red leaves and a Cross of Santiago at the bottom center of the front. Sleeves and pocket-height trim in red velvet. Covered white buttons on the front. The robe was made between 2013 and 2014. It is a reproduction of a robe used by the casacce of Genoa, which was originally black with yellow embroidered leaves.
Belt with late 19th-century trimming, fastened with a cardboard clasp covered in white fabric, embroidered with red leaves and a Cross of Santiago. Sash in crimson red silk from the late 18th century. Genovese tabarrino embroidered on red velvet, last quarter of the 18th century / very early 19th century.
Confraternity of San Giacomo Apostolo (abito dei pellegrini)
Levanto
Many Ligurian confraternities are characterized by the presence of children, especially during processions. They are referred to as “pilgrims,” a distinctive feature particularly of the confraternities of St. James and St. Roch. This is confirmed by the presence of an embroidered scallop shell on the tabarrino.
The modern outfit consists of a white cape with a white sash and a black tabarrino, made of velvet or other material, with lace on the collar. In the past, the “female pilgrims” wore a garland of flowers on their heads, and the pilgrims carried a small staff. Even today, the Confraternity of St. James dresses the youngest members in the pilgrim’s outfit for the procession on July 25th, celebrating the Feast of the Saint, and on other solemn occasions.
Confraternal robe from the early 20th century
Oltregiogo appenninico ligure-piemontese
Complete with symbolic hood (without eyeholes) and a cord-whip made of knotted rope, as prescribed by St. Charles.
Confraternity of Santissima Trinità and San Giovanni Battista (Misericordia)
Serravalle Scrivia
Traditional outfit.
Confraternity of Santissima Trinità and San Giovanni Battista (Misericordia)
Serravalle Scrivia
The confrere wears a “crocco,” a device that allows carrying even large crosses during processions.
Arciconfraternita Madonna del Pianto sotto il titolo della Morte dal Sacco Nero
Molfetta
Traditional outfit.
Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Misericordia e Crocione
Pisa
Traditional robe
Confraternity of San Rocco
Lugano (Switerland)
Antique vestment of the confraternity, lent in the early 20th century as an example for the newly founded confraternity of San Rocco in Prugiasco. The same vestment was discontinued in Lugano still during the first half of the 20th century.
Confraternity of San Rocco - New
Lugano (Switerland)
Only in 2022 did the confraternity adopt a new vestment, returning to the traditional green with a brown mozzetta, in honor of the Blessed Virgin of Carmel, whose confraternity is united with that of St. Roch. The collar recalls the one adopted in the 1950s by the Archconfraternity of the Good Death and Prayer of Lugano.
Confraternity of S. Rosario di Aquila (Dangio)
Val di Blenio, Ticino (Switzerland)
In the case of a double designation, the confreres’ habit was quartered in two colors (usually red and blue, for the SS. Sacramento - S. Rosario). In cases where the Marian confraternity was separate from the Eucharistic one, blue was quartered with white (S. Rosario; the one at Aquila-Dangio is a unique case), or brown was quartered with white (Carmelo, present in five villages).
Venerabile Compagnia di S. Croce
Rigomagno
Venerabile Compagnia di S. Croce
Rigomagno
Scans visible in this page have been realised and offered by the Hyphen-Group The scans allow to see the confraternity robes in a 360-degrees view. After selecting a robe, you can use the cursor in the lower section of the page to rotate the robe and discover its beauty through the peculiarity of its textiles, which tell charming stories about faith and tradition.
Confraternity of San Giacomo Apostolo
Levanto
White linen robe embroidered with red leaves; a Cross of Santiago and red embroidered leaves on the lower front part; hood embroidered with red leaves and a Cross of Santiago at the bottom center of the front. Sleeves and pocket-height trim in red velvet. Covered white buttons on the front. The robe was made between 2013 and 2014. It is a reproduction of a robe used by the casacce of Genoa, which was originally black with yellow embroidered leaves.
Belt with late 19th-century trimming, fastened with a cardboard clasp covered in white fabric, embroidered with red leaves and a Cross of Santiago. Sash in crimson red silk from the late 18th century. Genovese tabarrino embroidered on red velvet, last quarter of the 18th century / very early 19th century.
Confraternity of San Giacomo Apostolo (abito dei pellegrini)
Levanto
Many Ligurian confraternities are characterized by the presence of children, especially during processions. They are referred to as “pilgrims,” a distinctive feature particularly of the confraternities of St. James and St. Roch. This is confirmed by the presence of an embroidered scallop shell on the tabarrino.
The modern outfit consists of a white cape with a white sash and a black tabarrino, made of velvet or other material, with lace on the collar. In the past, the “female pilgrims” wore a garland of flowers on their heads, and the pilgrims carried a small staff. Even today, the Confraternity of St. James dresses the youngest members in the pilgrim’s outfit for the procession on July 25th, celebrating the Feast of the Saint, and on other solemn occasions.
Confraternal robe from the early 20th century
Oltregiogo appenninico ligure-piemontese
Complete with symbolic hood (without eyeholes) and a cord-whip made of knotted rope, as prescribed by St. Charles.
Confraternity of Santissima Trinità and San Giovanni Battista (Misericordia)
Serravalle Scrivia
Traditional outfit.
Confraternity of Santissima Trinità and San Giovanni Battista (Misericordia)
Serravalle Scrivia
The confrere wears a “crocco,” a device that allows carrying even large crosses during processions.
Arciconfraternita Madonna del Pianto sotto il titolo della Morte dal Sacco Nero
Molfetta
Traditional outfit.
Venerabile Arciconfraternita di Misericordia e Crocione
Pisa
Traditional robe
Confraternity of San Rocco
Lugano (Switerland)
Antique vestment of the confraternity, lent in the early 20th century as an example for the newly founded confraternity of San Rocco in Prugiasco. The same vestment was discontinued in Lugano still during the first half of the 20th century.
Confraternity of San Rocco - New
Lugano (Switerland)
Only in 2022 did the confraternity adopt a new vestment, returning to the traditional green with a brown mozzetta, in honor of the Blessed Virgin of Carmel, whose confraternity is united with that of St. Roch. The collar recalls the one adopted in the 1950s by the Archconfraternity of the Good Death and Prayer of Lugano.
Confraternity of S. Rosario di Aquila (Dangio)
Val di Blenio, Ticino (Switzerland)
In the case of a double designation, the confreres’ habit was quartered in two colors (usually red and blue, for the SS. Sacramento - S. Rosario). In cases where the Marian confraternity was separate from the Eucharistic one, blue was quartered with white (S. Rosario; the one at Aquila-Dangio is a unique case), or brown was quartered with white (Carmelo, present in five villages).
Venerabile Compagnia di S. Croce
Rigomagno
Venerabile Compagnia di S. Croce
Rigomagno
