Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INTERNUNCIOS
Noun
internuncios
plural of internuncio
Source: Wiktionary
INTERNUNCIO
In`ter*nun"ci*o, n.; pl. Internuncios. Etym: [L. internuntius; inter between + nuntius, nuncius, messenger: cf. It. internunzio. See Nuncio.]
1. A messenger between two parties. Johnson.
2. A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.
Note: This title was formerly given also to the Austrian envoy at Constantinople.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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