▁Mass ▁and ▁works ▁of ▁Christian ▁char ity . ▁ ▁Duc ange - F av re ▁defines ▁a ▁Con fr atern itas ▁" as ▁... ▁a ▁society ▁formed ▁between ▁various ▁churches ▁and ▁monaster ies , ▁ab be ys , ▁b ish ops ▁and ▁no blem en ; ▁later ▁k ings , ▁princes , ▁b ish ops , ▁pri ests ▁and ▁the ▁la ity , ▁especially ▁ecc les iast ical ▁benef act ors , ▁were ▁admitted ". ▁The ▁ad mission ▁papers ▁or ▁the ▁constitution s ▁of ▁the ▁brother hood ▁usually ▁stated ▁in ▁detail ▁how ▁many ▁Mass es , ▁what ▁pray ers , ▁and ▁good ▁works ▁would ▁be ▁offered ▁on ▁their ▁death ▁for ▁the ▁rep ose ▁of ▁the ▁sou ls ▁of ▁dece ased ▁members , ▁in ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁worship ▁or ▁by ▁individuals . ▁The ▁members ▁were ▁en rolled ▁in ▁a ▁registry ▁( a ▁Liber ▁Vit æ ▁or ▁' book ▁of ▁life '), ▁a ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁di pty chs . ▁Upon ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁a ▁member , ▁a ▁mess enger ▁was ▁immediately ▁dispatch ed ▁with ▁a ▁circular ▁( rot ulus ) ▁to ▁announ ce ▁the ▁death ▁to ▁all ▁the ▁affili ated ▁monaster ies , ▁where ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁inserted ▁in ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁dead . ▁These ▁lists ▁of ▁the ▁dead ▁were ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁ne cro log ies ▁for ▁constant ▁comm em oration ; ▁these ▁lists ▁were , ▁like ▁the ▁earlier ▁di pty chs , ▁read ▁al oud ▁so ▁that ▁special ▁pray ers ▁might ▁be ▁said ▁for ▁the ▁dece ased ▁mentioned , ▁and ▁a