Songs for February 16
Good morning, friends! It’s February 16, and on this day in 590, during the plague, Pope Gregory, who became pope after the previous office holder succumbed to said plague, commanded that anyone sneezing should be blessed immediately, leading to the custom that survives today. It wasn’t exactly a new idea, but it caught as a result of his edict. Yoko kn…
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