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.
MAUGHAM
Maugham, Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham
(noun) English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)
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