Rosary confraternities in Venice and Florence were formed in 1480 and 1481. They were a twelfth-century adaptation of the medieval monastic confraternities. The concept was eventually further extended with medieval confraternities and guilds. In 1475 James Sprenger formed one of the first rosary confraternities in Cologne. The indulgences granted to all these confraternities are very numerous. There were some schools connected to orphanages or confraternities. Highly organised Nigerian confraternities/campus gangs operate worldwide. Capuchin-founded confraternities took special interest in the poor and lived austerely. This time period saw a drastic change in the role of the confraternities. The town has several ancient religious organizations known as Confraternities. A whole network of confraternities was existing at this time. In the 13th century, there were Third Order Confraternities with local variations. The best-known of the confraternities is that of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Confraternities in Nigeria are secret-society like student groups within higher education.