{"id":2635,"date":"2015-10-16T16:26:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T14:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museo.1896.it\/en\/?page_id=2635"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:42:43","slug":"freemasonry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museo.1896.it\/en\/freemasonry\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FREEMASONRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;ppzero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/museo.1896.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/massoneria.jpg&#8221; 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After the unification of Italy, the republican associations were disbanded and all their members were invited \u201cto become members of secret Freemasonic Lodges which the government is unlikely to disband and where secrecy is guaranteed\u201d (a quote from a letter written by the Prefect in Rome to the Head of the Police in December 1874) an advice that probably Ricci followed as well.<br \/>\nHis first biographer, Pietro Castagnari, describes Ricci as one of the founders of the popular lodge \u201cSpartaco\u201dopened in Rome in 1882 and we are sure that once settled in Fabriano, he became an active member of the &#8220;Gentile da Fabriano&#8221; lodge, of which Ermogaste Mazzolino was also a member.<br \/>\nHis Freemason brothers&#8217; funeral oration is rather fitting:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Freemasons of Fabriano are invited to participate to the funeral service of their dearest brother<br \/>\nProfessor ADOLFO RICCI<br \/>\na veteran and tenacious supporter of freedom, brotherhood and equality. He passed away still longing for the same creed he believed in when he was fifteen years old, when he left for Rome to participate in 1849 campaign. He never betrayed the Freemason&#8217;s noble principles, not for adulation and not for adversity.<\/p>\n<p>Honour and imitate his memory!<\/p>\n<p>Fabriano, 6th of February 1904&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite possible, still subject to further investigation, that the Mazzolini&#8217;s pharmacy hosted secret meetings. 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