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.
SYLVIA
Proper noun
Sylvia
(Roman mythology) Short for Princess Rhea Silvia, the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.
(astronomy) 87 Sylvia, a main belt asteroid; named for Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.
A female given name from Latin, a popular spelling variant of Silvia.
Anagrams
• Vasily
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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