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Entering
the town, you will also
see the town
hospital, an
ancient building (sort
with the name SS.
Trinità) which
was realized by the
bequests given to
the Compagnia dei
Battuti or Disciplinati
della Scopa, the
unarmed military
forces, which sort in
Offida in the XIII
century, travelled to
preach the punishment
and peace among
men.
The carrying out of the
work is confirmed by a
bull of Benedetto
XII (b?-1342),
dated 15th May 1340,
which certifies the
existence of the
hospital SS.
Trinità in that
period.
At
the beginning of the
XV century, the
hospital and the
oratory were destinated
to other usage
(stable,
residence) by
Ardizzone, the son of
Francesco, lord of
Carrara. The lords of
Carrara, princes of
Padova, with the
victories of lord
Francesco, had
conquisted Ascoli and
Offida.
After the expulsion of
the princes of Carrara
(at the beginning of
the XV century) from
the occupied
territories, the
brothers nominated the
priest Antonio
Mustacci, chancellor of
the oratory and keeper
of the hospital SS.
Trinità, who
applied for the
confirmation of the
Apostolic See.
But in the virtue of a
short apostolic
presence of Paolo II
(1417-1471) of 1466 and
a bull of Pope Sisto
IV (1414-1484) of
the 4th April 1478, the
hospital returned in
possession to the
brothers of SS.
Trinità
which, many times,
implored the danger of
transforming it into a
monastery.
A
bull of the 13th June
1576 Pope Gregorio
XIII (1502-1585)
ordered to forbid
any attempt to
modify the existing
structure.
Opposite
the hospital there is
the
War Memorial,
inaugurated in 1923, in
which it displays all
the names of all the
Offidian war victims,
victims of the
Libyan war up
till the second world
war.
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