Decem-28-acem

December 28: Fest dos Santos Inocentes
«Tunc Herodes videns quoniam illusus esset a magis, iratus est valde, et mittens occidit omnes pueros, qui erant in Bethlehem, et in omnibus finibus ejus, a bimatu et infra secundum tempus, quod exquisierat a magis. Tunc adimpletum est quod dictum est per Jeremiam prophetam dicentem: "Vox in Rama audita est ploratus, et ululatus multus: Rachel plorans filios suos, et noluit consolari, quia non sunt."»
«Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending, killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, & in all the borders thereof, from two years old & under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: "A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, & she would not be comforted, because they have been slain!"» - Gospel of St. Matthew ii, 16-18.

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