Italian-Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis I
Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first ever pope from the Americas in the history of the Catholic Christian Church, taking the papal name of Francis I
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VATICAN CITY- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina was Wednesday night elected the Catholic Church’s the 266th Pope. He is first Latin American to be pontiff, and will call himself Francis I.
After his election, the 76-year-old Pope appeared on a balcony and greeted crowds in St. Peter’s Square, BBC reported. He was the archbishop of Buenos Aires.
He asked the faithful to pray for him. Cheers erupted as he gave a blessing.
Earlier, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney announced the new Pope’s election. Crowds in St. Peter’s Square cheered and bells rang out as the smoke appeared.
Pope Francis replaces Benedict XVI, who resigned Feb 28 at the age of 85, saying he was not strong enough to lead the Church.
He is the first Jesuit to become pope.
A member of the Jesuits and ordained in 1936 after four years as priest, Bergoglio became head of all the Jesuits in Argentina, Xinhua reported.
After studying in Germany, he became bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992 and archbishop in 1998. A strong supporter of helping the poor, Bergoglio was made cardinal in 2001.
The 115 cardinals have been in isolation since Tuesday, and held four inconclusive votes.
At least 77 of them, or two-thirds, would have had to vote for a single candidate for him to be elected Pope.
Crowds with umbrellas gathered in the square waving flags from around the world.
The Catholic News Agency said people were running through the streets of Rome, hoping to reach St. Peter’s Square in time for the appearance of the new Pope.
“It’s so emotional. We thought we were going home and the smoke was going to be black,” one Catholic told the BBC. “We’re so touched. It was really incredible.”
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Argentina
Argentina is a country that has a population that is 97% white European. The country is only 3% mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups.
Population: 42,192,494 (July 2012 est.) 25 million are of Italian European descent
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The Pope is still an Italian. Is this really a break from the Catholic tradition of Popes?
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the son of Italian immigrants Mario Jose Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori
The Washington Post reports
….the first Latin American pope also represents a cultural bridge between two worlds — the son of Italian immigrants in a country regarded by some as the New World colony Italy never had. For many Italians, his heritage makes him the next best thing to the return of an Italian pope.
…..The College of Cardinals picked the first non-European in modern times, as well — yet he is the son of Italian immigrants and grew up in Argentina, perhaps the most European of any country in Latin America.
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Italian-Argentinians
In the hundred years between 1830 and 1930, 60,000,000 men, women, and children left Europe, and 40,000,000 of them cast off forever the ties of home, family and fatherland.
As in North America, the migration to South America originated mainly in Europe. This is outside of the force migration of enslaved Africans to the Americans.
With themselves the Europeans brought their Christian religion, their languages and their customs. However many of the immigrants to North America came from Northern Europe bringing with them the influence of their Christian Protestant religion and culture.
In Latin America, instead, the majority of immigrants came from Southern Europe, and therefore the predominant religious influence has been Christian Roman Catholic, rather than Christian Protestant. The languages of these new immigrants were Spanish and Portuguese, and the basic political institutions, Mediterranean rather than English.
An important factor in the assimilation of the Europeans in South America, has been that the ancient native culture and native population of the south proved far stronger than those native forces in the northern part of the Americas and this led in Mexico and in the southern hemisphere to more of a blending of people and cultures, whereas in both Canada and the United States the European heritage was overwhelming. The size of the enslaved African population in central and southern America were also larger than in the north.
However it was not until 1870, about 50 years after independence, that a really open immigration policy began in the Latin American countries. This open immigration brought millions of Europeans to South America, changing the population from 23,163,000 in 1850, to 231,070,000 in 1980. This overwhelming increase in numbers was caused by the natural growth of the population, but also by the large numbers of immigrants that were attracted to South America. Many of theses millions emigrated to Argentina.
The first recorded visit by Europeans to Argentina can be dated to 1516, when Juan Diaz de Solis entered the Rio de la Plata and claimed the territory for Spain. This exploration, however, was not successful because of the confrontation with the Amerindians, where de Solis and most of his men were killed. Finally in 1580, Juan de Garay, established a lasting settlement at Buenos Aires.
Between 1857 and 1958 the main source of immigrants to Argentina were Italy (46%) and Spain )33%) of the total. The rest of the immigrants were made up of different nationalities, including French, German, British, and Irish.
In the peak period of the world’s oversee migration, 1821-1932, 6 countries absorbed 90% of the total, and among these 6, Argentina ranked 2nd in the number of immigrants, with a total of 6,405,000. The only other Latin American country on the list is Brazil, with 4,431,000. The United States came 1st with about 5 times as many as Argentina.
The Italians and the Spanish had little adjustment to make in terms of religion, language, or food. These first groups adjusted well, and also influenced the culture of the new country with what they contributed.
Source: South American Immigration: Argentina by Wanda A. Velez -Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
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Popes and their place of birth
No. | Pontiff | Name of Birth | Birthplace |
1 | St. Peter | Simon Peter | Bethsaida, Galilee |
2 | St. Linus | – | Volterra |
3 | St. Anacletus | Anencletus | Rome, Italy |
4 | St. Clement I | Clemens Romanus | Rome, Italy |
5 | St. Evaristus | Aristus | a Greek |
6 | St. Alexander I | – | Rome, Italy |
7 | St. Sixtus I | Sixtus, son of Pastor | Rome, Italy |
8 | St. Telesphorus | – | Greece |
9 | St. Hyginus | – | Athens, Greece |
10 | St. Pius I | Pius, son of Rufinus | Aquileia, Italy |
11 | St. Anicetus | – | Syria |
12 | St. Soter | Soter, son of Concordius | Fondi, Italy |
13 | St. Eleutherius | Eleutherius, son of Habundius | Nicopolis (Epirus), Greece |
14 | St. Victor I | Victor, son of Felix | Africa |
15 | St. Zephyrinus | – | Rome, Italy |
16 | St. Callistus I | – | Rome, Italy |
17 | St. Urban I | Urban, son of Pontianus | Rome, Italy |
18 | St. Pontain | Pontain, son of Calpurnius | Rome, Italy |
19 | St. Anterus | Anteros | Magna Grecia |
20 | St. Fabian | Fabian, son of Fabius | Rome, Italy |
21 | St. Cornelius | – | Rome, Italy |
22 | St. Lucius I | Lucius, son of Porphurius | Rome, Italy |
23 | St. Stephen I | Stephen, son of Jobius | Rome, Italy |
24 | St. Sixtus II | – | a Greek |
25 | St. Dionysius | – | Turio |
26 | St. Felix I | – | Rome, Italy |
27 | St. Eurychianus | – | Luni in Etruria |
28 | St. Gaius (Caius) | Gaius, son of Caius | Salona, Dalmatia |
29 | St. Marcellinus | Marcellinus, son of Projectus | Rome, Italy |
30 | St. Marcellus I | – | Rome, Italy |
31 | St. Eusebius | Eusebius, son of a doctor | Cassano Ionico |
32 | St. Miltiades /1/ | – | Africa |
33 | St. Sylvester I | Sylvester, son of Rufinus | Rome, Italy |
34 | St. Mark /2/ | Marcus, son of Priscus | Rome, Italy |
35 | St. Julius I | – | Rome, Italy |
36 | Liberius | – | Rome, Italy |
37 | St. Damasus I | – | Spain |
38 | St. Siricius /3/ | Siricius, son of Tiburtius | Rome, Italy |
39 | St. Anastasius I | Anastasius, son of Maximus | Rome, Italy |
40 | St. Innocent I | – | Albano (Rome, Italy) |
41 | St. Zosimus | Zosimus, son of Abram | Masuraca (of Greek origin) |
42 | St. Boniface I | – | Rome |
43 | St. Celestine I | – | Rome (a Campanian) |
44 | St. Sixtus III | – | Rome, Italy |
45 | St. Leo “The Great” | – | Tuscia region |
46 | St. Hilarius (Hilarus) | Hilary | Cagliari (Sardinia) |
47 | St. Simplicius | – | Tivoli, Italy |
48 | St. Felix III /4/ | – | Rome, Italy |
49 | St. Gelasius I | – | Rome (an African) |
50 | St. Anastasius II | – | Rome, Italy |
51 | St. Symmachus | – | Sardinia |
52 | St. Hormisdas | – | Frosinone, Italy |
53 | St. John I | John | Populonia (Tuscany) |
54 | St. Felix IV (III) | Felix of Samnium, son of Castorius | Benevento (of Gothic origin) |
55 | Boniface II | Boniface, son of Sigisbald | Rome (German origin) |
56 | John II | Mercurius | Rome, Italy |
57 | St. Agapitus I (Agapetus) | Agapetus, son of Gordianus | Rome, Italy |
58 | St. Silverius | Silverius, son of Pope Hormisdas | Frosinone, Italy |
59 | Vigilius | Vigilius, son of Johannes | Rome, Italy |
60 | Pelagius I | – | Rome, Italy |
61 | John III | John, son of Anastasius | Rome, Italy |
62 | Benedict I | Benedict, son of Boniface | Rome, Italy |
63 | Pelagius II | Pelagius, son of Winigild | Rome, Italy (of Gothic origin) |
64 | St. Gregory (the Great) | Gregory, son of Gordianus | Rome, Italy |
65 | Sabinian | Sabinian, son of Bonus | Blera, Tuscany |
66 | Boniface III | Boniface, son of John Cataadioce | Rome, Italy |
67 | St. Boniface IV | Boniface, son of John the Doctor | Abruzzo region |
68 | St. Adeodatus I /5/ | – | Rome, Italy |
69 | Boniface V | Boniface, son of John | Naples |
70 | Honorius I | – | Capua (a Campanian) |
71 | Severinus | Severinus, son of Abienus | Rome, Italy |
72 | John IV | – | Dalmatia |
73 | Theodore I | Theodore | Jerusalem (a Greek) |
74 | St. Martin I | Martin from Todi | Todi |
75 | St. Eugenius I | Eugene | Rome (Aventine) |
76 | St. Vitalian | Vitalian, son of Anastasius | Segni in Campagna |
77 | Adeodatus II /5/ | – | Rome, Italy |
78 | Donus | Donus, son of Maurice | Rome, Italy |
79 | St. Agatho | – | Palermo, Sicily |
80 | St. Leo II | Leo | Sicily |
81 | St. Benedict II | Benedict, son of John | Rome, Italy |
82 | John V | John | Syrian from Antioch |
83 | Conon | – | Thrace |
84 | St. Sergius I | Sergius, son of Tiberius | Antioch |
85 | John VI | – | Ephesus, Greece |
86 | John VII | John, son of Plato | Rossano di Calabria |
87 | Sisinnius | Sisinnius, son of John | a Syrian |
88 | Constantine | – | a Syrian |
89 | St. Gregory II | Gregory, son of Marcellus | Rome, Italy |
90 | St. Gregory III | Gregory, son of John of Syria | Syria |
91 | St. Zacharias /6/ | Zacharias, son of Polichranus | Calabria |
92 | Stephen II /7/ | – | – |
93 | St. Paul I | – | Rome, Italy |
94 | Stephen III | – | Sicily |
95 | Adrian I (Hadrian) | – | Rome, Italy |
96 | St. Leo III | Leo, son of Atyuppius and Elizabeth | Rome, Italy |
97 | Stephen IV | – | Rome, Italy |
98 | St. Paschal I | Paschal | Rome, Italy |
99 | Eugenius II | Archpriest Eugene | Rome, Italy |
100 | Valentine | – | Rome, Italy |
101 | Gregory IV | Gregory, son of John | Rome, Italy |
102 | Sergius II | – | Rome, Italy |
103 | St. Leo IV | Leo, son of Radoald | Rome, Italy |
104 | Benedict III | Card. Priest of St. Calixtus | Rome, Italy |
105 | St Nicholas (the Great) | Nicholas | Rome, Italy |
106 | Adrian II (Hadrian) | Adrian | Rome, Italy |
107 | John VIII | John | Rome, Italy |
108 | Marinus I | Marinus, son of Palumbo | Gallese (Rome, Itlay) |
109 | St. Adrian III (Hadrian) | – | Rome, Italy |
110 | Stephen V | Stephen, son of Hadrian | Rome, Italy |
111 | Formosus | – | Ostia |
112 | Boniface VI | Boniface, son of Adrian | Rome, Italy |
113 | Stephen VI | Stephen, son of John | Rome, Italy |
114 | Romanus | Romanus, son of Constantine | Gallese (Rome), Italy |
115 | Theodore II | Theodore, son of Photius | Rome, Italy |
116 | John IX | John, son of Rampoald | Tivoli, Italy |
117 | Benedict IV | Benedict, son of Mammalus | Rome, Italy |
118 | Leo V | Leo Britigena | Ardea, Italy |
119 | Sergius III | Sergius, son of Benedict | Rome, Italy |
120 | Anastasius III | Anastasius, son of Lucian | Rome, Italy |
121 | Lando (Landus) | Landus, son of Taino | Sabina |
122 | John X | John | Tossignano in Romagna |
123 | Leo VI | Leo son of Christopher | Rome, Italy |
124 | Stephen VII | Stephen, son of Teudemund | Rome, Italy |
125 | John XI | John, son of Marozia | Rome, Italy |
126 | Leo VII | Leo, priest of St. Sixtus | Rome, Italy |
127 | Stephen VIII | Stephen | Rome, Italy |
128 | Marinus II /8/ | Marinus | Rome, Italy |
129 | Agapetus II (Agapitus) | – | Rome, Italy |
130 | John XII | Octavian “the Boy Pope” | Rome, Italy |
131 | Leo VIII | Leo | Rome, Italy |
132 | Benedict V | Benedict | Rome, Italy (Marcellus region) |
133 | John XIII | John the Good | Rome, Italy |
134 | Benedict VI | Benedict, son of Hildebrand | Rome, Italy |
135 | Benedict VII | Benedict, Bishop of Sutri | Rome, Italy |
136 | John XIV | Peter Canepanova | Pavia, Italy |
137 | John XV | John, Card. Priest of St. Vitalis | Rome, Italy |
138 | Gregory V | Bruno, son of Duke Otto of Carinthia | Saxony, Germany |
139 | Sylvester II | Gerbert | Aurillac (Auvergne), France |
140 | John XVII | John Sicco | Sicco (Rome, Itlay) |
141 | John XVIII | John Phasanus | Fasanus (Rome), Italy |
142 | Sergius IV | Peter Pig’s Snout (Bucca Porci) | Rome, Italy |
143 | Benedict VIII | House of Theophylactus | Rome, Italy |
144 | John XIX | Romanus | Rome, Italy |
145 | Benedict IX /9/ | See No. 150 | – |
146 | Sylvester III | – | Rome, Italy |
147 | Benedict IX | See No. 150 | – |
148 | Gregory VI | Johannes Gratianus | Rome (of German origin) |
149 | Clement II | Suidger, Bishop of Bamberg | Saxony, Germany |
150 | Benedict IX | House of Theophylactus | Rome, Italy |
151 | Damasus II | Poppo, Bishop of Brixen | – |
152 | St. Leo IX | Bruno | Egisheim in Alsace |
153 | Victor II | Gebhard, Count of Claw, etc. | Swabia (Bavaria), Germany |
154 | Stephen IX | Frederick, son of Duke of Lorraine | Lorraine |
155 | Nicholas II | Gerard | Burgundy |
156 | Alexander II | Anselm of Lucca | Baggio (Milan), Italy |
157 | St. Gregory VII | Hildebrand | Soana, Tuscany |
158 | Blessed Victor III | Dauferius or Daufar | Montecassino, Italy |
159 | Blessed Urban II | Otho, Otto, or Odo of Lagery | Chatillon-sur-Marne, France |
160 | Paschal II | Rainerius (a monk) | Blera (Ravenna), Italy |
161 | Gelasius II | Giovanni da Gaeta | Gaeta, France |
162 | Callistus II | Guido of Vienna | Burgundy |
163 | Honorius II | Lambert Scannabecchi | Fiagnano nr. Imola, Italy |
164 | Innocent II | Card. Gregory Papereschi | St. Angelo (Rome, Itlay) |
165 | Celestine II | Guido de Castellis | Citta de Castello, Italy |
166 | Lucius II | Gerard Caccianemici | Bologna, Italy |
167 | Blessed Eugenius III | Bernard Paganelli | Montemagro (Pisa), Italy |
168 | Anastasius IV | Conrad | Rome, Italy |
169 | Adrian IV (Hadrian) | Nicholas Breakspear | St. Albans (Langley), England |
170 | Alexander III | Orlando Bandinelli | Siena, Italy |
171 | Lucius III | Ubaldus Allucingolus | Lucca, Italy |
172 | Urban III | Uberto (Crivelli) | Milan, Italy |
173 | Gregory VIII | Alberto di Morra | Benevento, Italy |
174 | Clement III | Paul Scolari | Rome, Italy |
175 | Celestine III | Hyacinth Bobo | Rome, Italy |
176 | Innocent III | Lotario de’Conti | Anagni |
177 | Honorius III | Cencio Savelli | Rome, Italy |
178 | Gregory IX | Ugolino de’Conti | Anagni |
179 | Celestine IV | Gofredo Castiglioni | Milan, Italy |
180 | Innocent IV | Sinibaldo de’Fieschi | Genoa, Italy |
181 | Alexander IV | Rinaldo Conti | Anagni |
182 | Urban IV | Jacques Pantaleon | Troyes, France |
183 | Clement IV | Guy Foulques | St. Gilles, France |
184 | Blessed Gregory X | Tedaldo Visconti | Piacenza |
185 | Blessed Innocent V | Peter of Tarentaise | Sutron (Savoy) |
186 | Adrian V (Hadrian) | Ottobuono Fieschi | Genoa, Italy |
187 | John XXI | Peter Juliani | Lisbon, Portugal |
188 | Nicholas III | Giovanni Orsini | Rome, Italy |
189 | Martin IV | Simon de Brion | Touraine, France |
190 | Honorius IV | Giacomo Savelli | Rome, Italy |
191 | Nicholas IV | Jerome Masci | Lisciano near Ascoli |
192 | St. Celestine V | Pietro di Murrone | Isernia (Moline Province) |
193 | Boniface VIII | Benedict Caetani | Anagni |
194 | Blessed Benedict XI | Nicholas Boccasini | Treviso, Italy |
195 | Clement V | Bertrand de Got. Bertrand | (Willaudraut) Bordeaux, France |
196 | John XXII | Jacques d’Euse | Cahors, France |
197 | Benedict XII | Jacques Fournier | Saverdun, France |
198 | Clement VI | Pierre Roger | Maumont nr. Limoges, France |
199 | Innocent VI | Etienne Subert | Braisahmont, France |
200 | Blessed Urban V | Guillaume de Grimoard | Grisac at Languedoc, France |
201 | Gregory XI | Pierre Roger de Beaufort | Maumont nr. Limoges, France |
202 | Urban VI | Bartolomeo Prignano | Naples, Italy |
203 | Boniface IX | Pietro Tomacelli | Naples, Italy |
204 | Innocent VII | Cosimo de’Migliorati | Sulmona in Abruzzi, Italy |
205 | Gregory XII | Angelo Corrario | Venice, Italy |
206 | Martin V | Oddone Colonna | Genazzano (Rome) |
207 | Eugenius IV | Gabriele Condulmer | Venice, Italy |
208 | Nicholas V | Tommaso Parentucelli | Sarzana in Liguria |
209 | Callistus III | Alfonso de Borja (Borgia) | (Jativa) Valencia, Spain |
210 | Pius II | Aeneas Sulvius Piccolomini | Corsignano nr Siena, Italy |
211 | Paul II | Pietro Barbo | Venice, Italy |
212 | Sixtus IV | Francesco Della Rovere | Celle Ligure (Savona), Italy |
213 | Innocent VIII | Giovanni Battista Cibo | Genoa, Italy |
214 | Alexander VI | Rodrigo Borgia | (Jativa) Valencia, Spain |
215 | Pius III | Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini | Siena, Italy |
216 | Julius II | Giulano Della Rovere | Albrissola (Savona), Italy |
217 | Leo X | Giovanni De’Medici | Florence, Italy |
218 | Adrian VI (Hadrian) | Guiccidardini Dedel | Utrecht, Holand |
219 | Clement VII | Giulio De’Medici | Florence, Italy |
220 | Paul III | Alessandro Farnese | Rome, Italy |
221 | Julius III | Giovan Maria Ciocchi del Monte | Rome, Italy |
222 | Marcellus II | Marcello Cervini | Montepulciano, Italy |
223 | Paul IV | Giovanni Pietro Caraffa | Naples |
224 | Pius IV | Gian Angelo De’Medici | Milan, Italy |
225 | St. Pius V | Michele Ghisleri | Bosco, Italy |
226 | Gregory XIII | Ugo Buoncompagni | Bologna, Italy |
227 | Sixtus V | Felice Peretti | Grottamare |
228 | Urban VII | Giambattista Castagna | Rome |
229 | Gregory XIV | Niccolo Spondrati | Somma (Cremona), Italy |
230 | Innocent IX | Gian Antonio Facchinetti | Bologna, Italy |
231 | Clement VIII | Ippolito Aldobrandini | Florence, Italy |
232 | Leo XI | Allesandro Ottaviano De’Medici | Florence, Italy |
233 | Paul V | Camillo Borghese | Rome, Italy |
234 | Gregory XV | Allesandro Ludovisi | Bologna, Italy |
235 | Urban VIII | Maffeo Barberini | Florence, Italy |
236 | Innocent X | Giambattista Pamfili | Rome, Italy |
237 | Alexander VII | Fabio Chigi | Siena, Italy |
238 | Clement IX | Giulio Rospigliosi | Pistoia |
239 | Clement X | Emilio Altieri | Rome, Italy |
240 | Blessed Innocent XI | Benedetto Odescalchi | Como, Italy |
241 | Alexander VIII | Pietro Ottoboni | Venice, Italy |
242 | Innocent XII | Antonio Pignatelli | Spinazzola (Naples), Italy |
243 | Clement XI | Gian Francesco Albani | Urbino, Italy |
244 | Innocent XIII | Michelangelo de’Conti | Poli (Rome) |
245 | Benedict XIII | Pietro Francesco Orsini | Gravina (in Puglia) |
246 | Clement XII | Lorenzo Corsini | Florence, Italy |
247 | Benedict XIV | Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini | Bologna, Italy |
248 | Clement XIII | Carlo Rezzonico | Venice, Italy |
249 | Clement XIV | Giovanni Vincenzo Ganganelli | Sant’arcangelo di Romagna (Rimini) |
250 | Pius VI | Gianangelo Braschi | Cesena, Italy |
251 | Pius VII | Barnaba Chiaramonti | Cesena, Italy |
252 | Leo XII | Annibale delle Genga | Castello della Genga (Spoleto), Italy |
253 | Pius VIII | Francesco Xaverio Castiglioni | Cingoli, Italy |
254 | Gregory XVI | Mauro Alberto Cappeliari | Belluno, Italy |
255 | Ven. Pius IX | Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti | Senigaglia, Italy |
256 | Leo XIII | Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci | Near Anagni |
257 | St. Pius X | Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto | Riese, Italy |
258 | Benedict XV | Francesco Giacomo della Chiesa | Genoa, Italy |
259 | Pius XI | Achille Ratti | Desio, Italy |
260 | Pius XII | Eugenio Pacelli | Rome, Italy |
261 | Blessed John XXIII | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | Sotto il Monte (Bergamo), Italy |
262 | Paul VI | Giovanni Battista Montini | Concesio (Brescia), Italy |
263 | John Paul I | Albino Luciani | Forni di Canale (Belluno), Italy |
264 | John Paul II | Karol Jozef Wojtyla | Wadowice, Poland |
265 | Benedict XVI | Joseph Alois Ratzinger | Marktl am Inn Bavaria (Germany) |
266 | Francis I | Jorge Mario Bergoglio | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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