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[Bira]

Norbert Matausch (Fra. Pompoesus 08/15) wrote:
> Hm. Taking into account that the official language of the (catholic)
 > church was and still is Latin, it should read "castratus" (though my
 > school lessons in Latin are quite a few years ago).

The word, however, is Italian. Using castrati as singers was also very 
popular in secular society at the time - it wasn't something only the 
Church did.


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