 Kappa
Sigma is based on over 600 years of tradition and history. Our international
founding is based in Bologna, Italy. At the University of Bologna, a teacher
began to form a strong bond with some of his full-time students. This
man was Manuel Chrysoloras. He had exactly five of these students. After
a while of learning together, they formed a close bond. One of the “disciples”
of Chrysoloras has written, ”Community with this most illustrious
Chrysoloras, a man distinguished by old virtues and discipline, created
among us a sort of bond … we accepted as one accepts being born
from the parents into a family.”
At this time, Baldassarre Cossa, the governor of Bologna, was attacking and robbing from the people of his city. This persecution of the people greatly angered Chrysoloras. In 1400, at the University of Bologna, Manuel Chrysoloras and his disciples formed a society for mutual protection. To protect themselves, they developed special signs, words and forms – a ritual. Their work inspired the Ritual and the modern-day fraternity of Kappa Sigma. |
Beta-Eta Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Auburn University
835 West Magnolia Ave.
Auburn, Alabama 36830
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