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Word: anastasius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...like the Egyptians, but sanitation and sentiment, which Christianity was obliged to salute as soon as the sensibilities of churchgoers objected to the smell of corporeal corruption within churches. The hearts of the Popes from Sixtus V (1590) to Benedict XV (1922) are in the church of Sts. Vincent & Anastasius in Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Heart Burial | 7/31/1933 | See Source »

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