Parte Guelfa - Ordo Partis Guelfae

Parte Guelfa, established in Florence thanks to Pope Clement IV in 1266 and after the interruption following the suppression with a grand ducal motive on June 22, 1769, by virtue of the ancient possession of juridical status in Florence, with the blessing of His Eminence Most Reverend Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and with the consent of His Excellency Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, was reconstituted with a Public Act of 25 March 2015 and legally re-established as an Archconfraternity, or voluntary association. On 26 July 2015, Feast of Sant'Anna, patroness of the Florentine Arts, receives the formal approval of the Mayor of Florence. Parte Guelfa, honoring the task conferred on it by Cosimo I Medici in 1549, is working today for the protection of natural and landscape resources through a vast service of environmental protection, is committed to the enhancement of popular traditions with special attention to Christian ones and works for the custody of ecclesiastical institutions. The members are called Brothers and Sisters and are obliged to bear constant witness to the Christian virtues of charity and fraternity in their behavior and works as a contribution to the formation of consciences according to the teaching of the Gospel and promote dialogue and collaboration with the other Churches under the guidance and assistance of the Roman Catholic Church. Parte Guelfa does not pursue profit or political purposes.