Strongly symbolic rite "the hand kiss", for centuries also aimed at the power of the abbesses. An exclusively male ceremony which, with the legitimacy by the Pope, was forced on priests, including those from Castellanesi, to prostrate themselves to the regent of the Monastery of Conversano. Symbol of obedience to the temporal and spiritual power of the abbesses of Conversano. An opportunity to remind the local priests of direct obedience to the abbesses even with the delivery of a "tax".
Joseph Dalena
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