Organization, ceremonial and protocol of religious-institutional ceremonies in Seville

The Procession of Sword of Ferdinand III of Castile

Abstract

The celebrations of acts have allowed, since time immemorial, that peoples and civilizations have become involved to the point of identifying with this type of activities, which have a high historical value. Thus, these forms of social and cultural use have given way to behavior patterns that have made it necessary to implement a series of formalities that set the guidelines for their correct development.

The present investigation was born with the intention of studying the precedences as a spatio-temporal order of the authorities that participate in an act and the relationship that they maintain between them, specifically in the civil-ecclesiastical sphere of the city of Seville and more precisely, study the case of the Procession of the Sword of San Fernando, held on November 23, 2022; Feast of San Clemente.

Based on the importance of tradition, custom and what is not written in this type of acts, a compendium of important theoretical aspects about them will be made, such as the ownership of the act, management techniques and etiquette rules, among other ceremonial fundamentals. and protocol. All of this framed in a context where the civil and ecclesiastical spheres maintain links that have been shaped over time and that have shaped the cultural heritage of the Sevillian people.