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Quaranta Giorni

March 11, 2021 | By Justin Ferrugia TD ‘23+1

Lent is a quarantine—literally. The word “quarantine” comes from the Italian expression for the period in which any ship sailing to Venice had to stay anchored away from port during the time of plague. Quaranta Giorni: Forty Days.

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