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  • In Italy there is a law that forbids vilipendio, that is the vilifying another religion.

    Not even in London Helen 2005

  • In spite of the action of the two previous pontificates, he determined to expel the three Benedicks who had entered the choir, Leonardo Bare, Domenico Ferrabosco, and Palestrina, “uomini ammogliati, e chi con grandissimo scandalo, ed in vilipendio del divin culto, contro le disposizioni dei sagri canoni, e contro le costituzioni e le consuetudini della cappella apostolica cantano i medesimi tre ammogliati imitamente ai capellani cantori.”

    The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903

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