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The Banquet of Chestnuts
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It was on this day in 1501, according to certain accounts, that Pope Alexander VI attended a notorious fête known as the Banquet of Chestnuts. You may use the comment thread on this page to recount other instances of papal indiscretion, or to pursue other points of off-topic, freewheeling discourse.
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