 This method of self-taxing to sustain their priest gave Rescalda inhabitants the right to elect their parson until the Second Vatican Council.The latest parson was elected by the community in 1959 - Rescalda had been the second last parish to exercise that right in the Diocese of Milan.Two buildings in Rescaldina still show the coat of arms of the Visconti of Milan which support the legend of a summer hunting lodge belonging to that noble family, hence placing Rescaldina under the control of the Duchy of Milan since the 13th century.