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.
TITANITE
Noun
titanite (countable and uncountable, plural titanites)
(mineral) A mixed calcium and titanium neosilicate, CaTiSiO5, once known as sphene.
Source: Wiktionary
Ti"tan*ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. titanite; -- so called from containing titanic acid.] (Min.)
Definition: See Sphene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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