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Bianchi  

Definition

  • Bands of penitents, 1399, especially in Provence and Italy; clad in white garments, with faces hooded and wearing on their backs a red cross, they processed from city to city, beating themselves and chanting the "Stabat Mater"; dissolved by Pope Boniface IX

Entry terms

  • Albati
  • Penitents, White, Bianchi
  • White Penitents, Bianchi

Notation

  • 119965

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-MBR2PTPF-Q

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