Significance
The Opera Pia dei Poveri Mendicanti replaced confraternities’ charities. This is because the ruling elites thought that confraternities were unable to fully provide enough support for the poor in Bologna; thus, charity became a government policy implemented by the ruling elite. Charity was a primary concern of confraternities as giving help to the poor such as feeding or clothing them was a Catholic sacrament and these organizations were Catholic- based institutions. Confraternities made it their goal to aid the unfortunate because Jesus Christ would save the souls of those who were charitable because they would be following his teachings. Charities included clothing and feeding the poor, housing orphans, as well as visiting sick people.
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