Word: conegliano
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Priest to Poet. He was born (1749) in the Venetian town of Ceneda (now Vittorio Veneto). His parents were Jews; his original name was Emanuele Conegliano. But his father changed the family faith, and Emanuele took the names of his baptizer. Bishop Lorenzo da Ponte. Aided by the bishop. Da Ponte became a Roman Catholic deacon...
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