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| Cardinal Mezzofanti |
The Linguist’s Calendar: September 17
The saint of the day is St Hildegard of Bingen, who died on this date in 1179. She is one of the official patron saints of linguists.
1774: Birth of Cardinal Mezzofanti, legendary Italian polyglot.
2005: In Lautoka, Fiji, the first of a series of workshops are held whose goal is to produce the first dictionary of Fijian Sign.
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