Capuchins' Catacombs in Palermo I.6 – Monks and Priests

Monks are buried in the clothes they wore in life. They sometimes have ropes, dangling from their necks. The monks, in life, as a penance, wore the ropes. They remain with them in death. The first monk, and the oldest corpse, is that of Brother Silvestro from Gubbio who died in 1599. The last monk interred here was Brother Riccardo of Palermo, who died in 1871.