Marriage and Community

Abstract

This chapter discusses the first mention of a wedding ceremony celebrated at San Giovanni a Porta Latina during the trial of the young men involved in same-sex marriage and sodomy in Rome. It highlights marriage in the testimony of Geronimo de Pacis, one of the youths associated with Marco Pinto that lived under the guise of a hermit. It also details the planned wedding between two adult members of the group, one of whom was Gasparo Vittorio, that was supposed to be held on the Sunday that the men were arrested. The chapter highlights the court's questions on the marriage of Brother Gioseffe and Gasparo Vittorio, wherein the priest continued to maintain that he did not know what it was all about. It scrutinizes Antonio Valez's relationship with Cristopharo Ribera, noting that Vittorio is one of those known to the group as a commare.