A Look at the 2024 Suffrage Mass for SG Francesco II at the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vittoria in Napoli

Photos courtesy of the Fondazione Il Giglio, 1° Reggimento
Re, Cav. Mirko Speranza, and Angela Cuccillato

The Suffrage Mass for SG Francesco II of Borbone, 130 years after his death, was celebrated on December 27 in the Church of S. Maria della Vittoria, in Naples, on the initiative of the Fondazione il Giglio and the Movimento Neoborbonico, with the participation of the Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio and the volunteers of the 1° Reggimento Re, in historical uniform of the army of the Two Sicily.

The “King’s Hymn” composed by Giovanni Paisiello was performed at the beginning and the end of the religious celebration by maestro Lanfranco Menga.

The last King of the Two Sicilies was commemorated by the professor. Gennaro De Crescenzo, president of the Movimento Neoborbonico.

Mons. Enrico Ferrara, who celebrated the rite, remembered during the homily the Christian virtues of Francesco II, who in 2020 was proclaimed Servant of God by the Church.

Marina Carrese, president of the Fondazione il Giglio, has invited all those who love the process of beatification of Francesco II to join the Rosary, which is recited on the 27th of every month, at 8 pm on the Telegram Channel “Rosario per Francesco II di Borbone.”

The Marquess Federica de Gregorio Cattaneo, delegate for the Campanian delegation of the Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio, has announced the initiatives of 2025, a year in which the anniversaries of the 100th anniversary of the death of Queen Maria Sofia, and the 200th anniversary of King Ferdinando I.