1 4 4 8 ) ▁by ▁the ▁pen it enti ary , ▁Johannes ▁Gold ener ▁of ▁N ure m berg , ▁later ▁tit ular ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Ac con ▁and ▁auxili ary ▁bishop ▁of ▁B am berg . ▁This ▁con fr atern ity ▁was , ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 9 , ▁then ▁raised ▁by ▁Gregory ▁XIII ▁to ▁an ▁arch con fr atern ity , ▁en rich ed ▁with ▁new ▁indul gen ces , ▁and ▁emp ower ed ▁to ▁aggregate ▁other ▁con fr atern ities ▁throughout ▁the ▁world . ▁Although ▁it ▁has ▁under g one ▁many ▁changes , ▁this ▁con fr atern ity ▁still ▁exists , ▁joining ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁with ▁a ▁special ▁Re qu iem ▁Mass ▁Association ▁for ▁assist ing ▁sou ls ▁of ▁dece ased ▁members , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁p urg atorial ▁society ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁name . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 5 th ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 4 8 8 , ▁the ▁Black ▁Pen it ents , ▁who ▁march ed ▁in ▁process ion ▁through ▁Rome ▁under ▁the ▁g on fal one ▁of ▁mer cy , ▁aim ed ▁to ▁assist , ▁before ▁execution , ▁those ▁condem ned ▁to ▁death , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁to ▁provide ▁for ▁their ▁bur ial , ▁ex equ ies , ▁and ▁Re qu iem ▁Mass . ▁The ▁Con fr atern ity ▁of ▁Our ▁Lady ▁of ▁Su ff rage ▁( S anta ▁Maria ▁del ▁Su ff rag io )