Word: pilegrinetti
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Gabriele d'Annunzio, Italian soldier-poet: "A Eucharistic Congress at Zagre, Yugo-Slavia, was attended by a papal legate named Pilegrinetti. This holy man was met at the station by an emotional crowd of nuns and monks cheering loudly. The reason for his warm reception was that the Italian for ' papal legate ' is ' nunzio.' The good Yugo-Slavs had confounded their guest with me and were greeting him by my name...
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