Charters of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Sacrament or Perseverance at Coppelle
The Confraternity of the Holy Sacrament or of perseverance, set up in 1663 and based in the church of Saint Salvatore alle Coppelle, nursed pilgrims and foreigners who fell ill during their stay in Rome. Innkeepers reported the presence of sick residents by dropping a slip of paper with the names of the ill ones in a box placed on a side of the church of saint Salvatore. Wealthy pilgrims received then treatment in the facilities where they were residing, while the less wealthy ones were sheltered in a city hospital.
Statuti della Venerabile Confraternita del Santissimo Sagramento denominata della Perseveranza, eretta nella venerabile chiesa parrocchiale del Santissimo Salvatore alle Coppelle di Roma, riformati nel pontificato della santità di nostro signore papa Clemente XIII..., Roma 1766