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To: Destro; Lion in Winter
Don't forget the Italo-Albanians who, like the Maronites, have never been separated from Rome.

"Southern Italy and Sicily had a strong connection with Greece in antiquity and for many centuries there was a large Greek-speaking population there. In the early centuries of the Christian era, although most of the Christians were of the Byzantine tradition, the area was included in the Roman Patriarchate, and a gradual but incomplete process of latinization began.".
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

34 posted on 05/29/2005 3:44:49 PM PDT by NYer ("Love without truth is blind; Truth without love is empty." - Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer
The Bari sailors who took the relics of St. Nicholas to Bari were more than likely Greeks themselves.
35 posted on 05/29/2005 3:56:35 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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