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(Encyclopedia) Stabat Mater DolorosaStabat Mater Dolorosastäˈbät mäˈtĕr dōˌlōrōˈsä [key] [Lat.,=the sorrowful mother was standing], 13th-century hymn of the Roman Church attributed to Jacopone da…
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