The church of San Giacomo de Casa Dei with the relevant Court is in the memory of those of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma and privileges of Pope Lucius II Eugene III to these brothers in the years 1144 and 1145. Also in 1147 Pope Nicolas V confirmed the Church in the same monastery who already was the property and patronage. Around 1308 the Friars, with the prior Cadè, grant Albertino Canossa the right to extract water from the canal of San Giacomo church-owned hospital or Cade. Concession is in a document of 1380 quoted by Tiraboschi. Also in 1580 the parish is also called "Benefizio" San Giacomo Hospital of Cadè. It persuades us that originally it was just a hospital, Hospital monks who had commissioned to assist and welcome the pilgrims along the Via Emilia, ( Via Claudia in that time ) when they had to ford the Enza branch that descended Montecchio, descended Barco and Campegine, touching Cadè to get lost in the flow Tegolaria, which marked the boundary of the two bishoprics, Parma and Reggio Emilia, now Castelnuovo campaign.

The Church, although it depended on the monastery of San Giovanni, was plebanate of Campegine as churches Roarolo ( Traghettino ), San Savino, Castelnuovo, Nocetolo and Casalofia. We see that the role of "Decime" on 1233 S. Jacobi Domo Dei, it paid Campegine plebs four libbre and two soldi. Later, the Lords of Correggio, became masters of Parma and these territories, arrogate to themselves the right of patronage to our Church, as they did in 1580. We know that June 2, 1547 were allocated some land in the parish to Mr. Macini and the Church was very poor.

Inventory of movable property of the Church of 10 June 1576 are the following:
-1 Footed cup silver cup gilded gold;
-6 Cloths for the altar and pianeda crimson velvet;
-1 Pianeda Valesio with white stoles and presentation;
-2 Linen shirt with beads and two pairs of worn-out bodies;
-3 Missals which only one new;
-1 Terlisio planet black and white;
-1 Grabs altar of black cloth;
-1 Grabs Embroidered Satin;
-1 Gilded silver tabernacle for the Blessed Sacrament in a wooden brush;
-4 Altar candlesticks of iron, with a libretto batteggiare;
-1 Cross of copper and a painted wooden cross;
-1 "Scampanino" and a bag of satin black and yellow;
-2 Paintings Palios altar cloth with their frames;
Banner -1 torn and painted with old San Giacomo;
-3 Iron chest for 3 candles and quiet of the old wood;
-3 Pots for the holy oils and a lamp that is in the Church.

All items donated to the previous Giovani Abati should be added to this material on period he wrote this inventory, I will now explain:
-1 Pianeda crimson damask, lined with white, stolen and handpiece and which represents a sample Broccatello;
-2 Palios altar of Damascus, 1 large and 1 pianeda pianeda white red and presentation;
-2 Missals new leather-bound pages with the same brands;
-1 Cooked as a priest in linen, a linen jacket with its cord Amit;
-1 Bag and a pair of sunglasses for personal use;
-1 Painting of the Lord's Supper with the apostles located on the altar framed in walnut;
-2 Lanterns to accompany the Blessed Sacrament;
-1 Canopy and a banner painted with the embrace made by the parishioners of San Giacomo;
-1 Gold tabernacle for the Blessed Sacrament;
-3 New altar cloth, painted two peaces and 20 cleaners.

This church was used until 1783, when the actual opened, it consisted of a nave ceiling panels and three altars. It is not clear who was in the year and give the order to demolish it. It lies at the south-east of the modern church in the courtyard of the house of the Prior Laurenti. In an inventory of 1830, it says: "In the vicinity of the Church to the east of the temple beside the road there is still the choir of the old church with a small adjoining sacristy, which serves wood storage." Now, there is no trace of those old buildings. The altars of the old church were Major, one of the Virgin Mary with St. Catherine and St. Francis and St. Charles with an image that was the image of Our Lady with St. Charles and St. Roch, bottom or end of the sixteenth or early seventeenth of 1622, as described in the inventory. That year there were already in the baptistry marble with wooden pyramid. About a century later (1713) altars are five. They are added to the three shrines above the altar of St. Anthony in the framework is also the Immaculate Conception and Holy Martyr Florio and the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the belt in 1752 located in a chapel with a statue of the Virgin. A detail can be seen since the death of an inventory Prior Quirino Spagna in 1752. San Giacomo Maggiore was painted over the Major altar, the owner of the Apostle, worship the Virgin of the Pillar. Obviously, it is the Virgin del Pilar, also honored at the Cathedral of Parma. This table has been placed there after 1700 during construction of the new altar, the tabernacle and the renewal of the Church. There were three large paintings of San Giacomo and two of his disciples, and eight other squares octagons for ornamental purposes (1723 and 1727). Fate insufficient for the needs of a growing population, it was decided to build a new church by demolishing the old one. On August 5, 1766, after many negotiations with Parma Prior Giovanni it was finally able to ask the first stone of the new church. Over the two years that followed, the work was not pursued too eagerly, to June 5, 1769, when the pastor died, the walls rose from the ground only three weapons. Donelli Pietro, the new pastor, just took office, he pushed the jobs and 10 June 1783, the new church would be blessed by Mr. Conte Castellina Canonico, duly authorized thereto by Monsignor Francesco Pettorelli, Bishop of Parma. In 1782 the pastor needs 13,500 pounds "Reggiane" to complete construction so he indebted with Mr. Andrea Mancini, of Reggio, and pledged to pay interest of 6% annually and repay the amount in 1786. Who was the architect of the Church, the Baroque composite rather elegant and ventilate the Church of Modolena and even more than the Cadelbosco di Sopra, founded several years earlier, it is not known. Of course, the Church of Cadè is beautiful, spacious, cheerful, proportionate, without hiding, without shocking sight of the observer, attractive for all the nice furniture that is fully decorated.

Here's how it is described in an inventory of 1876:
"Enter through the main door of the church, the eye is presented with a certain majesty, both for its elegant architecture, as well as its ornaments and remarkable for its size. Only four columns support the whole edifice of arcades and they are reflected in three chapels on each side of the aisle over. Then, pushing farther we look the priest in this spacious, which was extended by two steps on the floor of the church with balustrade. Two choruses are beautiful on the sides of the choir, over which one is the organ in the middle of the altar in iscagliola built by the brothers Tondelli in 1857." When it was blessed with dimensions from 60 to 30 arms, it still lacked the front, the sacristy, the Baptistery, the Campanile, the foundations of altars and pillars, the choir chairs, confession and the picture of the holder.

Altars: five are the main, other the chapel one and the sacristy of both one dedicated to Our Lady. Major or Blessed Sacrament, behind, which thein the choir, there are three large paintings which were also attended by representatives of San Giacomo as the old church. To the east in the Church in Horn Epistolae altar there is first the chapel and altar of St. Anthony of Padua, and later with the Immaculate Conception Chapel altar or the Marriage of St. Catherine, St. Joseph and St. John the Baptist. To the west, namely the Gospel side of the altar is the Chapel of Our Lady of the belt and the chapel of St. Augustine with St. Charles, Rocco, Fabiano and Sebastiano. The images of the four chapels were provided by the deceased Prior Donelli, two, while the other two by the chapter of canons of Parma and the PP. San Giovanni Evangelista. The sacristy of the new church was constricting by Prior Laurenti. The bell of the old building was raised, including the castle with the bells and the top, third from the Provost Morelli. On September 20, 1620, the bells were cast at the expense of the peasants, the Prior and the Company, the largest measured 23.5 "pesi" and the lowest 12.8 "pesi". In 1772 and in 1781 there was the revision of the bells, the oldest is 45 "pesi" and the lower 22. The big bell has images of St. Crucifix, Our Lady of Consolation, the apostle St. James, St. Anthony of Padua and memory: "fratres fuderunt sumptibus Comunitat Casa Dei Cherubini, Petro Donelli MDCCLXXII previous years." The second bell bears the image of the Holy Crucifix, the Immaculate Conception, St. Bernard bishop of Parma and San Rocco, so the words "last year MDCCLXXXI Petro Donelli, Op Cherubini."
In 1781 a new bell is inserted, the third 11 "pesi", featuring images of the Holy Crucifix, the Virgin of Ghiara, the Saints Fabian and Sebastian and the message "Petro Donelli MDCCLXXXI previous years." In the future, he was joined by a fourth, much smaller, on which was engraved only the name of the founder "Cherubini fecit." The facade of the church, beautiful and elegant and not in harmony with the interior, the palace was built with steps or by Morelli Provost in 1878 and it shows that we remember the inscription above the door Main:

SACRUM
JACOBO MAIORI APOST. PATRONO CAELESTI
TEMPLUM
A FUNDAMENTIS ERECTUM AN. MDCCLXVI
FRONTE INSTRUCTA ABSOLUTUM AN. MDCCLXXVIII

Companies or brotherhoods in Cadè there were two: that of the Holy Sacrament, established since the sixteenth century and built ad cautelam by Bishop canonically Frascesco Pettorelli bishop of Parma July 6, 1766 and that of the Blessed Virgin Mary Belt , canonically P. General Augustine April 9, 1676. In ancient times, namely in 1576, a company of the Holy Name of Jesus was erected in Cadè , similar to those which P. Fabbro was founded in Parma. They built a cemetery on the benefit of the parish in 1818 to the detriment of the Community and it was intended for both parishes, but in fact it were only for the exclusive benefit of the inhabitants of Cade, because the Gaida priest doesn't know a cemetery in common. In Cadè there was only a public Oratory, which was owned by the PP. Benedictines of Modena, then it was sent to the State. It was held in the courtyard of the "Fienile. Bequests, there were numerous even before the two deletions of the French Republic and the Italian Government: Legacy for the Masses with 15 years of existence in favor of Prior Simone Montasi was founded in 1632 to rog. Galeotto Costa and charged to the Company of the Holy Sacrament. Bequests for Masses with 12 years of existence in the heirs of Domenico Violi, founded in 1629 rog. Andreoli. Bequest from the will of the priest Filippo Manfredi October 10, 1705 at rog. Bertolani Gaspare. Mass annual 12 legacy left by Prior Giacomo Sezzi with Rog. Francesco Fova 1700. Lanzi bequest to the Society of the Blessed Sacrament, founded in 1742. Giovanni Zanichelli bequest in his will of 1666, a bequest to the League of Masses of the Blessed Sacrament, left, with rog.15 July 1760 by Bartolomeo Stefano Pederzoli, the notary Giuseppe Barbieri.
Cabassi legacy for the masses, on revenues of land to the house of a peasant with the burden of pretempore chaplain. Legacy established by Carlo Ragni for a chaplain protempore redneck land, with the requirement of 12 per year, plus a mass sung at the altar of St. Charles. Rog. Antonio M. Parmeggiani of Reggio, February 18, 1754. Bequests for masses 12 to load the sacristy of the chaplain left Prior Laurenti that attached to the sacristy of a capital L.3000. Rog. Dr. Giovanni Ferrarini of Montecchio, 30 September 1822. Except the last mentioned the other legacies have been completed or were deleted.
 

A few words about Benefizio parish
 

It must be rich because, despite the immense allivellare land in the sixteenth century was able to keep the dowry of about 188 farmers from this land. The advantage of high yield, however, the origin was always mowed our pension very heavy. Here are some figures: in 1580 the income was 520 ducats, but 40 were shields of the annual pension to Meriggi Cesare, 30 to Andrambono Antonio Baldo, etc. .... In 1623, it received a pension of 150 ducats for the Prior Simone Montali. In 1655, income is marked in 170 ducats, but 20 should be paid to them: they were Luigi Piazza until 1665, from 70 to Giacomo and 19 to Cristoforo Montali. In 1700, Ducati 60 reserved for the Marquis Oliati cleric in Milan, in 1727 for 30 shields Antonio Peruzzi. Thus in 1782 are still dependent on the annual Benefizio 400 pounds, already imposed by Benedict XIV for Montruccoli Giovanni Rector of the College of Nobles of Parma. As for the church of San Giacomo plebanate Cadè was originally a subsidiary of the parish of Campegine. But the plebeian could not exercise its jurisdiction because they were the first patrons who have made the place, then the same parish Campegine lost many of its privileges with the erection of plebanate of Arcipretura Castelnuovo. Meanwhile, the bishops of Parma created immense vicariate of Sant'Ilario, which in 1691 extended to the Church of Sant'Ilario, Montecchio, Casaltone, Sorbolo, and churches Barco, Cavriago, Cadè, Gaida, Duchessa ( Calerno ), Nocetolo, San Sisto, Casalpò, Olmo, Enzola, Praticello, Gattatico, Taneto and Martorano, or Vicariate, in 1777, extended Montecchio: Montecchio, Sant'Ilario, Barco Cavriago, Gaida, Cadè, Duchessa ( Calerno ), Taneto, Gattatico and Praticello. In 1628, it was rather the Vicariate of Castelnuovo Sotto, which extended to the churches of Castelnuovo, Sant'Ilario, Cadè, Nocetolo, Olmo, San Sisto, Enzola, Montecchio, Praticello, Gattatico, Casaltone, Cavriago, Casalpò, Gaida, Barco, Taneto, Sorbolo, Martorano and Duchessa. The owner of this vast vicariate could be a priest, because they are not always archpriests of Sant'Ilario or Castelnuovo and who were in charge. We find among the vicars showmen sometimes a priest and a Barco Before Duchessa. This accusation has been without cause. Detached from the diocese of Parma in 1828, the church remained independent, even showman Cadè Vicari, until in 1875 was awarded to the Congregation of Casi of Sant'Ilario, and later in the Vicariate of the same name but not both well senzachè legitimate church that gives its name to the vicar.

These stories are written in the language used by the file "Notizie Storiche" of Cadè parish, published October 30, 1938. As soon as possible will be also included news of priests that followed.

Jurirosso