Word: orvieto
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...ecclesiastical histories of the Roman Catholic Church, the "miracle of Bolsena is treated with a certain reserve But in Orvieto, some 70 miles north of Rome, it is a matter of such vital consequence that last week it precipitated a local political crisis...
...Europe can isolate itself from conflict." Italy, Mouthpiece Ansaldo went on, has been preparing herself "for the occasion and the moment which will be most opportune for it. This occasion and this moment . . . may be much nearer than is believed." Only six days earlier Il Duce had cried at Orvieto: "Whatever may be the happenings which this late spring brings us, Italy will face them...
...growing districts of Italy planned gifts for the Vatican cellar. From the Alps 5,000 ex-service men had already brought a tun of Piedmont's ruddy Barolos. Sicilians promised 1,000 bottles of tawny Moscato. Tuscany pledged 1,000 of Chianti. Umbria planned a gift of pale Orvieto Secco, most delicate of Italian wines. On the slopes of Vesuvius, Neapolitans prepared 1,000 of Lacrima Christi, Tear of Christ, for Peter's Cellar...