Chiesa di San Camillo

 

La trascrizione del documento

1855
Regno delle due Sicilie
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Provincia di Abruzzo Citeriore      Distretto di Lanciano

Comune di Torricella

I sottoscritti Sindaco, Parroco, e Cancelliere Archiviaro del Comune sudetto, certificano locchè siegue

Che nel Comune di Torricella, Capoluogo di Circondario composto di 4200 anime esistevano due sole Chiese, cioè quella Parrocchiale sotto il titolo di San Giacomo Maggiore, e l’altra piccolissima di S. Rocco.

Che le medesime non erano sufficienti all’esercizio del Divin Culto per una popolazione così estesa, ma lo zelo dell’ottimo concittadino D. Vincenzo Sacerdote Piccone figlio del Sig.r Camillo sopperì al bisogno. Infatti egli suscitando ai genitori la pia idea di edificare una Chiesa tutto a spese della propria famiglia, ne stese il grandioso disegno, ne gittò le fondamenta, diresse minutamente l’intera opera, ed in meno di cinque anni fece dono alla patria di un Tempio sontuoso, eseguito con tutte le regole di architettura e con distinta eleganza.

Ch’esso Sig.r Piccone si portò espressamente in Napoli per l’acquisto di belli arredi sacri, e di quanto forma il corredo ed abbellimento della nuova Chiesa, cioè tre statue - l’Immacolata, S. Antonio Abate, S. Camillo de Lellis, sette dipinti - gli Evangelisti, e le Virtù Teologali, sei pianete, ed un terno, due calici, un ricco lampadaro di cristalli, tre paranze di candelieri e fiori, una balaustra di ferro fuso, una campana di bronzo……, e poi ingensiere, ostensorio, lampada, biancheria di finissima tela, cingoli.

Che a nome del suddetto pio genitore Sig.r Camillo Piccone si portò in Chieti e con pubblico giuramento la dotò di una rendita annuale fissa sopra beni e fondi pel mantenimento, oltre un obbligo assunto di farvi celebrare in tutte le Domeniche e feste di doppio precetto il Santo Sacrificcio della Messa con elemosina indeterminata, però non minore di carlini due.

Che quantunque nessuno vi abbia preso parte e tutta l’opera già stata condotta con stretta economia, ha portato un’ammontare di oltre i ducati cinquemila.

Che il prefato Sig.r D. Vincenzo sià stato sempre di una condotta irreprensibile sotto il triplice rapporto politico, morale, e religioso, ed ora abbia recato un vero, immenso vantaggio a questo Comune, tale da serbarsene viva memoria.

E per la verità se ne rilascia il presente da noi sottoscritto, e munito di rispettivi suggelli.  

 

 

Pel Sindaco assente
Il Secondo Eletto
  

 
Salvatore Ficca

 Il Parroco Abate Curato 
 
Nicolangelo Degregorio

 

Cancelliere Archivario impedito

Camillo Piccirelli

 
La foto del documento a firma del sindaco, del cancelliere archiviario e del Parroco di Torricella, che certifica l’anno e la paternità della costruzione della Chiesa di San Camillo da parte del sacerdote Don Vincenzo Piccone, secondogenito della famiglia di Camillo Piccone. Photograph of the document signed by the Mayor, the Chancellor-Archivist and the Parish Priest of Torricella, who certify the year and authorship of the building of the Church of San Camillo by the Priest Don Vincenzo Piccone, second son of the family of Camillo Piccone.

 

Translation of the document

1855

 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Province of Abruzzo Citeriore[1]    
District of Lanciano

 

Village of Torricella

 

The undersigned Mayor, Parish Priest and the Chancellor-Archivist of the above-named Village, certify as follows

That in the Village of Torricella, administrative center of the surrounding districts comprising 4200 souls there were only two Churches, that is the ParishChurch entitled San Giacomo Maggiore, and the other very small one of S. Rocco.
 

That these same were not sufficient for carrying out the Divine Service for such an extensive population, but the zeal of the excellent co-citizen priest D. Vincenzo Piccone son of Sig.r Camillo met the needs. In fact he beseeched his parents with the pious idea of erecting a Church entirely at the expense of his own family, he drew up the grandiose designs, lay down the foundations, meticulously directed the entire works, and in less than five years made a gift to the Village of a sumptuous Temple, carried out within all the rules of architecture and with distinguished elegance.


That he Sig.r Piccone took himself expressly to Naples to purchase the beautiful sacred furnishings, and all that makes up the wealth of embellishments of the new Church, that is three statues- The Blessed Virgin, S. Antonio Abate, S.Camillo de Lellis, seven paintings- The Evangelists, The Theological Virtues, six chasubles[2], and a three-branch candlestick, two chalices[3], a rich crystal chandelier, three pairs of candlesticks and flowers, a cast iron balustrade, a bronze bell ……, and then incense burners, monstrance[4], lamp, fine linens of very fine fabric, cinctures[5].
 

That in the name of this parent Sig.r Camillo Piccone he took himself to Chieti and legally endowed a fixed annual sum above goods and funds for the maintenance, beyond the primary obligation to celebrate twice every Sunday and on feast days with double precepts the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with indeterminate alms, but not less than two carlinis[6]

That although no one {else} had taken part in all the work that had already been carried out with strict economy, it had cost an amount of over five thousand ducats[7].
 

That the above mentioned Sig.r D. Vincenzo always having been of irreproachable conduct within the triple political, moral and religious rapport, and now he has brought a true, immense advantage to this Village, such that it will always be alive in our memories.
 

And in truth we the undersigned leave this present {document}, together with our respective seals.

 

For the Mayor
in his absence 
The Second Elected Officer 
 
  Salvatore Ficca

 The Parish Abbot Curate

 Nicolangelo Degregorio

 

Archival Chancellor

 Camillo Piccirelli

 

Clicca qui

 Trascrizione a cura Antonio Piccoli   Translation courtesy of  Dr. Marion Apley Porreca

Translator's Notes:

[1] Abruzzo Citeriore - The province of Chieti was called "Citeriore" since it was situated to the right of the Pescara river (which separates it from the Province of Teramo) and was "this side" with reference to Naples, the capital of the Kingdom.

Sinonimi e Contrari - Contr. ulteriore.

citeriore [ci-te-rió-re] agg. m. e f. [pl. -i] (non com.) situato al di qua, dalla parte più vicina rispetto a un’altra più lontana: Gallia, Spagna Citeriore ¶ Dal lat. citeriore(m), compar. dell’agg. citer ‘che è al di qua’.

Citeriore - means Hither, on this (near) side; it is the opposite of ulterior meaning further, on the other side, or far side.

(c) Petrini S.r.l. Garzanti Linguistica, 2004

[2]  Chasuble – loose sleeveless, usually ornate outer vestment worn by a priest celebrating Mass or the Eucharist.

[3]  Chalice – goblet; wine cup used in the Communion Service.

[4] Monstrance– receptacle for displaying the host to the congregation.

[5] Cinctures - a cord or sash worn around an ecclesiastical vestment

[6] Carlinis - (see Scudi, Testoni, Paoli - Rome's old and complicated coinage system)

CARLINO

The name of this old unit derived from Charles I of Anjou, who first issued it in 1278. After Julius II's monetary reform, in the early 16th century, it had been completely abandoned. But over two centuries later, in 1747, Benedict XIV retrieved it; among his own issues are ½ carlino, 1 carlino and 2 carlini, all in “billon” {an alloy of gold or silver with a predominating admixture of a base metal}. The rate of the unit was fixed at 7 ½ baiocchi. Instead, the cross rate with 1 giulio was unpractical (1.333), unless calculating it in a ratio of 3 paoli = 4 carlini.

The 2-carlini piece became rather popular in the early 19th century; Rome's poet G.G.Belli referred to it as "the real roman Lira", i.e. the most handy among the many existing units. Since it originally featured Benedict XIV's head, the popular nicknames for the 2 carlini piece were papetto ("small pope"), Prospero Lambertini (actual name of the pope), or in short Prospero, or Lambertini. Puns based on these nicknames were somewhat common; even among Belli's verses, a commoner comments about Gregory XVI in the following way:

Er Zantopadre, pe diograzzia, è l'asso,
È un testone, è un papetto de giudizzio:
E ssi ariviè ssan Pietro a ffà st'uffizio,
Lui se ne frega, e se lo porta a spasso.

 

Thanks god, the Holy Father is a great man,
He's got brains (=testone), he is a wise pope (=papetto):
And should St.Peter come back again for doing this duty,
He wouldn't care, he would make him do what he wants.

1 carlinopapetto) = 1 ½ grossi = 7 ½ baiocchi
4 carlini (2 papetti) = 3 giuli = 1 testone

 

The following diagram summarizes the main units of this system, showing their rate.


This other diagram, instead, lists the various pieces that were issued and actually circulated, although many of them did so only for limited periods. For each of them the equivalent in quattrini (the smallest subunit) is shown, as an easier reference of their value.



 The currency system described in this page was only discontinued in 1866, four years before the Papal State came to an end. The last pope-king Pius IX, introduced the more practical decimal currency (1 Lira = 20 soldi = 100 centesimi) that was already being used in other parts of Italy.

 

 [7]  Ducats

Reference:

Emerson’s Third Part: North American Arithmetic; Part 3rd for Advanced Scholars 1834

 

NAPLES – accounts are kept in ducati, carlini and grani.

The ducat is the money unit and is divided into 10 carlini each of 10 grains, and by the public banks, into 5 tarins of 20 grains each, making the ducat always 100grains.

10 grani = 1 carlino

10 carlini = 1 ducat.

The value of the silver ducat in Federal money is 80 cents.

: Sunday, March 02, 2008