The groups
The groups
Every year the Good Friday procession counts about 800 to 900 participants who file in seven different groups, whose composition can vary.
The number of this internal division is not defined at random. In fact, the 18th century « Plan » distinguishes the groups based on the Seven Sorrows of Mary, which we also see represented in the seven swords on the silver heart of the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows and in the paintings (by Domenico Pozzi, Ignazio Stern, Giovan Battista Bagutti) in the side chapels of the Church of St. John.