Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs

The brotherhoods of the Penitents :
The brotherhoods of the Penitents were born out of the religious fervour of devout laymen who joined together to praise God, to work for charity and to seek to reach spiritual perfection through voluntary penance.
In the XVIth and XVllth centuries, there were many brotherhoods of Penitents (white, blue, grey, green, etc.).
The Penitents are not a religious order. They share a belief in voluntary expiation to soften God’s justice, fraternity between...