Word: flabelli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...anniversary of his coronation last week the Holy Father, wearing his triple crown, was borne into St. Peter's on his sedia gestatoria. Surrounded by Swiss Guards, Noble Guards, Palatine Guards, flabelli bearers (with ostrich fans) he begged all the world to pray God for peace. Among his 35,000 listeners in St Peter's were Signora Rachele Mussolini, and a man who ran up to the sedia gestatoria, threw a paper in the Pope's lap, crying "I want grace! I want grace!" Later Pius XI inquired about the poor fellow, learned he was unemployed, ordered that everything possible...
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