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| | | English translation:Praise you my Lord with all of your creatures | Explanation: This is not Latin, but an Old Italian poem!
The Author is Saint Francis of Assisi.
Laudato sie, mi' Signore cum tucte le Tue creature
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It was written in the umbrian dialect of italian in the thirteenth Century |
| Selected response from: grazy73 Local time: 01:32
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16 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +6 Praise you my Lord with all of your creatures
Explanation: This is not Latin, but an Old Italian poem!
The Author is Saint Francis of Assisi.
Laudato sie, mi' Signore cum tucte le Tue creature
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It was written in the umbrian dialect of italian in the thirteenth Century
Reference: http://http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun
| grazy73 Local time: 01:32 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Italian PRO pts in category: 4
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