On September 15 the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In the city of Taranto devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is deeply felt by the people. A cure
devotion to the Mater Dolorosa , is committed for centuries the Brotherhood of Our and San Domenico.
Studies done by historian Nicholas Caputo tarantino, there is a specific date: March 15, 1795, as the Act is signed by a notary Giuseppe de Nicola Vincentiis, in which the canon Vincenzo What introduces the worship of the "Seven Sorrows" in the church of San Domenico and gives "the robbe dell''Addolorata" the brotherhood for the feast and procession to be made annually on the third Sunday of September.
are now the two "parties", the smallest and the largest. The "small" corresponds to the procession of September, the "great" Pilgrimage to the Holy Thursday.
As always Caputo reminds us in his book "God Destination "For a while the procession was stopped in September, it was exclusively for the insistence of the members and devotees, it was revived.
Today the third Sunday of September there is a procession, preceded by the celebration of Holy Mass. 15, however, that for obvious reasons can not always fall on Sunday, takes place in the church of San Domenico the aggregation of neo-neo-brothers and sisters.
During the procession of September, the statue of wearing a black dress with silver embroidery, the head is placed a golden crown and is changed and replaced by another left hand holding a golden heart instead of a pierced heart.
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