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Sigismondi, Costantino |
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Giannini, Francesco; Sigismondi, Costantino |
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Ancient astronomical feasts in central Italy and their christianization. The case of Secchi birthday. |
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Abstract |
An algorithm of the feast based upon solstices, equinoxes and number 40 has been reckoned from ancient feasts celebrated in Abruzzo and later christianized by the Catholic church. The origin of the 40 game cards (neapolitans, sicilians and placentines) is related to this calendric function. Father Secchi's birthday is a Roman Catholic sollemnity: St. Peter and Paul martyrdom (the feast includes the vigil, 28-29 june), and it is not obtained by this algorithm. Is it a certain date for the two Apostles, the columns of Christianity? |
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