The Brotherhood of Santa Maria di Portosalvo was founded in the seventeenth century and civil recognized by the Royal Consent of the King Ferdinand IV of Naples on I December 1778. It was established between persons of the class of fishermen, sailors and patron of boats and feluccas 
city church named in the Scylla. The church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo was the center of the neighborhood Chianalea and stood beautiful and majestic. Full of paintings and vestments had five altars dedicated to Our Lady of Portosalvo respectively, Holy Cross, Saint Andrew, Saint Lucia and St. Camillus (1). The primary goal of the Brotherhood was the greater glory of God and honor and devotion to the Holy Virgin of Portosalvo and as secondary end, the spiritual and material good of their brothers and to the extent of available funds, including the material and statement. Here lists the various functions, obligations and benefits of belonging to the Brotherhood:
sacred function - Each year, the Brotherhood had to celebrate the forty hours of the Blessed Sacrament, the Mass Friday in March and on the high exposure the Crucified last Sunday in August, preceded by a novena, the Solemnity of Our Lady of Holy Portosalvo with vespers sung Mass and procession, and each year the commitment to hold a spiritual retreat for all our members and all the Sunday the recitation of the office of the Holy Virgin, and once per month of the dead.
advantage - all on Sundays and holidays, the brothers were entitled to preaching and catechetical instruction and made four times a week in case of death of brother funeral with the combination deli brothers dressed brother hood and the obligation of each of the third part Rosary, No. 20 put, a roll of wax and incense. If then the morte del confratello avveniva fuori parrocchia o la famiglia voleva fare essa le esequie, la Confraternita era tenuta a corrispondere alla famiglia una somma di 30 carlini (2). I confratelli poveri avevano diritto ad avere gratuitamente le medicine fino all’importo di 10 carlini. Il supero delle rendite annuali veniva investito in maritaggi di 25 ducati (2) ciascuno. Detti maritaggi venivano estratti a sorte nel giorno della festa di Portosalvo tra 10 figlie di confratelli e consorelle bisognose scelte dal Priore con l’aiuto degli Assistenti e dei Fiscali con la consegna dell’importo il giorno del loro matrimonio.
CONTRIBUTI – Ogni confratello doveva versare per il mantenimento della Confraternita metà “parte”(3) del own gain. All others who did not work with boats and feluccas, pugs every 5 years, the sisters three pugs. They were exempted from this contribution that those unable to work had paid the annuity for at least 20 years.
GOVERNMENT - The government was chaired by the Brotherhood's spiritual Spiritual Father, chosen by a majority of the priests fellow confessors. He was required to say Mass every day and holidays four times a week. His prerogative was 36 ducats a year and his appointment lasted until the thought appropriate. For temporal things the government of the Brotherhood was chaired by the prior and the first and second assistant, called senior officers.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS - The first Sunday in September after the feast of Portosalvo, all the men gathered in the church. The Prior and the two outgoing chose twelve assistants among the older brothers and honest, which supplied the names of those who appoint as his successor. If they did not obtain the approval of a majority of twelve, they were given elsewhere until their approval. A Secretary elected for the occasion, put their names and surnames in three pots. The Master of Ceremonies delivered to each of the twelve one stone that was placed in the vessel's preferred candidate. The Prior retiring after the count, proclaimed elected Prior who received more support, the first and second assistant in proportion to the other votes. The election was always preceded by the hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus," but for the proclamation and the installation was sung the "Te Deum". The following Sunday, the Prior and the Assistants of the officers elected shall nominate children, namely:
The Secretary, who, it was the job of keeping the list of brothers and sisters, the Book of all resolutions and had in over all the equipment, the sacred furniture, silverware and linens, the Treasurer, who kept updated cash book with the absolute prohibition of making payments without the mandate of the Prior and Assistants, the Novice Master, he was required to
educate novices to religious practices, the Master of Ceremonies, had the task of tidying up the brothers in religious services, processions and congregations, the Collector was in charge of collection of taxes, rents, annuities and "parts" of the boats; the tax was to monitor compliance with the Rules and report incidents to the Prior, the rational or auditors; nurses who were required to attend and watch our brothers and sisters sick, visit them and give aid and to receive the sacraments with devotion and pity, the doorman he had an obligation to assist the church door so there was order and entering and in output Prior to communicate the absence of the members to the various religious ceremonies, and then two guides, two Standardieri, two Confalonieri and the Holders of the pallium (4) and the Statue.
ELIGIBILITY - To join the Brotherhood you must apply to the prior oral and assistants, who, prior information of "Vita et moribus" of asking, taken by the Master of Novices and another brother honest, it proposed the 'admission to the full congregation. If you get the most votes secrets of his brothers, the asking was admitted to the novitiate, which lasted four years. After this period the newly admitted brother was dressed and at the foot of the Madonna receiving Holy Communion. The Secretary read the status and wrote the name in the brotherhood.
MISCELLANEOUS - The brothers debtors could not hold any office of the Brotherhood and the previous and the previous directors could not be re-elected if their management had not been approved, as well as their relatives and related to the third degree of kinship. They were expelled from the Brotherhood in arrears for two consecutive years, as well as those who cursed or playing cards in public gatherings, that's outrageous, warned three times, you do not redeem it. Moreover, brethren, in religious ceremonies and in the funeral procession were required to wear the bag with the white cap and mozzetta (5) heaven. Those who did not play at the funeral without a valid reason were fined 10 "grain" (6). The Prior was required to spend in excess of 10 ducats, to have the approval of two assistants. The selection of stores to be treated only by a majority of the entire fraternity took place.
With the advent of motorization of fishing boats, which took place in the sixties, he began the decline of the Brotherhood since the higher costs of fishing prevented the release of "party" to the congregation. The same Brotherhood had no reason to exist, because the last period, long enough you lost all those uses which had hitherto accompanied e caratterizzata.
Note:
(1) Distrutta dal terremoto del 28 dicembre del 1908, fu riedificata a spese della Confraternita con la somma di lire 70.000.
(2) Moneta d’uso corrente.
(3) Giornalmente il pescato veniva diviso in “parti”, per esempio sulla pesca del pescespada andava da 14 e 1/4 a 15 e 1/4 “parti” e di questi 1/2 “parte” era destinata alla Confraternita.
(4) Baldacchino.
(5) Mantellina di raso e seta.
Placido Cardona
(Articolo tratto dal periodico per Scilla “SKILLEA OGGI”, supplemento alla rivista Scilla – N°2, febbraio 1997, Arbitrio Editori)
city church named in the Scylla. The church of Santa Maria di Portosalvo was the center of the neighborhood Chianalea and stood beautiful and majestic. Full of paintings and vestments had five altars dedicated to Our Lady of Portosalvo respectively, Holy Cross, Saint Andrew, Saint Lucia and St. Camillus (1). The primary goal of the Brotherhood was the greater glory of God and honor and devotion to the Holy Virgin of Portosalvo and as secondary end, the spiritual and material good of their brothers and to the extent of available funds, including the material and statement. Here lists the various functions, obligations and benefits of belonging to the Brotherhood: sacred function - Each year, the Brotherhood had to celebrate the forty hours of the Blessed Sacrament, the Mass Friday in March and on the high exposure the Crucified last Sunday in August, preceded by a novena, the Solemnity of Our Lady of Holy Portosalvo with vespers sung Mass and procession, and each year the commitment to hold a spiritual retreat for all our members and all the Sunday the recitation of the office of the Holy Virgin, and once per month of the dead.
advantage - all on Sundays and holidays, the brothers were entitled to preaching and catechetical instruction and made four times a week in case of death of brother funeral with the combination deli brothers dressed brother hood and the obligation of each of the third part Rosary, No. 20 put, a roll of wax and incense. If then the morte del confratello avveniva fuori parrocchia o la famiglia voleva fare essa le esequie, la Confraternita era tenuta a corrispondere alla famiglia una somma di 30 carlini (2). I confratelli poveri avevano diritto ad avere gratuitamente le medicine fino all’importo di 10 carlini. Il supero delle rendite annuali veniva investito in maritaggi di 25 ducati (2) ciascuno. Detti maritaggi venivano estratti a sorte nel giorno della festa di Portosalvo tra 10 figlie di confratelli e consorelle bisognose scelte dal Priore con l’aiuto degli Assistenti e dei Fiscali con la consegna dell’importo il giorno del loro matrimonio.
CONTRIBUTI – Ogni confratello doveva versare per il mantenimento della Confraternita metà “parte”(3) del own gain. All others who did not work with boats and feluccas, pugs every 5 years, the sisters three pugs. They were exempted from this contribution that those unable to work had paid the annuity for at least 20 years.
GOVERNMENT - The government was chaired by the Brotherhood's spiritual Spiritual Father, chosen by a majority of the priests fellow confessors. He was required to say Mass every day and holidays four times a week. His prerogative was 36 ducats a year and his appointment lasted until the thought appropriate. For temporal things the government of the Brotherhood was chaired by the prior and the first and second assistant, called senior officers.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS - The first Sunday in September after the feast of Portosalvo, all the men gathered in the church. The Prior and the two outgoing chose twelve assistants among the older brothers and honest, which supplied the names of those who appoint as his successor. If they did not obtain the approval of a majority of twelve, they were given elsewhere until their approval. A Secretary elected for the occasion, put their names and surnames in three pots. The Master of Ceremonies delivered to each of the twelve one stone that was placed in the vessel's preferred candidate. The Prior retiring after the count, proclaimed elected Prior who received more support, the first and second assistant in proportion to the other votes. The election was always preceded by the hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus," but for the proclamation and the installation was sung the "Te Deum". The following Sunday, the Prior and the Assistants of the officers elected shall nominate children, namely:
The Secretary, who, it was the job of keeping the list of brothers and sisters, the Book of all resolutions and had in over all the equipment, the sacred furniture, silverware and linens, the Treasurer, who kept updated cash book with the absolute prohibition of making payments without the mandate of the Prior and Assistants, the Novice Master, he was required to
educate novices to religious practices, the Master of Ceremonies, had the task of tidying up the brothers in religious services, processions and congregations, the Collector was in charge of collection of taxes, rents, annuities and "parts" of the boats; the tax was to monitor compliance with the Rules and report incidents to the Prior, the rational or auditors; nurses who were required to attend and watch our brothers and sisters sick, visit them and give aid and to receive the sacraments with devotion and pity, the doorman he had an obligation to assist the church door so there was order and entering and in output Prior to communicate the absence of the members to the various religious ceremonies, and then two guides, two Standardieri, two Confalonieri and the Holders of the pallium (4) and the Statue. ELIGIBILITY - To join the Brotherhood you must apply to the prior oral and assistants, who, prior information of "Vita et moribus" of asking, taken by the Master of Novices and another brother honest, it proposed the 'admission to the full congregation. If you get the most votes secrets of his brothers, the asking was admitted to the novitiate, which lasted four years. After this period the newly admitted brother was dressed and at the foot of the Madonna receiving Holy Communion. The Secretary read the status and wrote the name in the brotherhood.
MISCELLANEOUS - The brothers debtors could not hold any office of the Brotherhood and the previous and the previous directors could not be re-elected if their management had not been approved, as well as their relatives and related to the third degree of kinship. They were expelled from the Brotherhood in arrears for two consecutive years, as well as those who cursed or playing cards in public gatherings, that's outrageous, warned three times, you do not redeem it. Moreover, brethren, in religious ceremonies and in the funeral procession were required to wear the bag with the white cap and mozzetta (5) heaven. Those who did not play at the funeral without a valid reason were fined 10 "grain" (6). The Prior was required to spend in excess of 10 ducats, to have the approval of two assistants. The selection of stores to be treated only by a majority of the entire fraternity took place.
With the advent of motorization of fishing boats, which took place in the sixties, he began the decline of the Brotherhood since the higher costs of fishing prevented the release of "party" to the congregation. The same Brotherhood had no reason to exist, because the last period, long enough you lost all those uses which had hitherto accompanied e caratterizzata.
Note:
(1) Distrutta dal terremoto del 28 dicembre del 1908, fu riedificata a spese della Confraternita con la somma di lire 70.000.
(2) Moneta d’uso corrente.
(3) Giornalmente il pescato veniva diviso in “parti”, per esempio sulla pesca del pescespada andava da 14 e 1/4 a 15 e 1/4 “parti” e di questi 1/2 “parte” era destinata alla Confraternita.
(4) Baldacchino.
(5) Mantellina di raso e seta.
Placido Cardona
(Articolo tratto dal periodico per Scilla “SKILLEA OGGI”, supplemento alla rivista Scilla – N°2, febbraio 1997, Arbitrio Editori)
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