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English: Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome: memories of the floods of the Tiber over the centuries.
    • Flood of 30 November 1422: "In the year of the Lord 1422, on the day of St. Andrew the water of the Tiber grew to the top of this tombstone, at the time of Lord Martin V Pontiff year VI";
    • Flood of 9 December 1495: "In the year of the Lord 1495, on 9 December, while the immeasurably inflated Tiber came out of its bed, the murky current lifted its swollen waters to this sign";
    • Flood of October 8, 1530: "So far the Tiber grew and Rome would have already been completely submerged if the Virgin had not established her swift work here";
    • Flood of September 15, 1557: "On September 15, 1557 the Tiber arrived here while Paul IV was the supreme rector of the city in the third year of his pontificate";
    • Flood of December 24, 1598: "The pontiff on his return to Rome after the recovery of Ferrara, curses the vortices of the Tiber, never before so superb, gone crazy to this sign, in the year of the Lord 1598, on the ninth day of the calends of January";
    • Flood of December 28, 1870: "December Flood of 1870".
Italiano: Santa Maria sopra Minerva a Roma: memorie delle alluvioni del Tevere nei secoli.
    • Alluvione del 30 novembre 1422: "Nell'anno del signore 1422, nel giorno di San Andrea l'acqua del Tevere crebbe fino alla sommità di questa lapide, al tempo del signore Martino V Pontefice anno VI";
    • Alluvione del 9 dicembre 1495: "Nell'anno del Signore 1495, il 9 dicembre, mentre il Tevere smisuratamente gonfiatosi usciva dal suo letto, la torbida corrente sollevò sino a questo segno le sue gonfie acque";
    • Alluvione dell'8 ottobre 1530: "Fin qui crebbe il Tevere e Roma sarebbe stata già del tutto sommersa se la Vergine non avesse qui apprestato la sua celere opera";
    • Alluvione del 15 settembre 1557: "Il 15 settembre 1557 il Tevere arrivò sin qui mentre Paolo IV era il supremo rettore dell'Urbe nel terzo anno del suo pontificato";
    • Alluvione del 24 dicembre 1598: "Il pontefice al suo ritorno a Roma dopo il recupero di Ferrara, maledice i vortici del Tevere, mai prima di allora così superbo, impazziti fino a questo segno, nell'anno del Signore 1598, nel giorno nono delle calende di gennaio";
    • Alluvione del 28 dicembre 1870: "Alluvione del dicembre 1870".
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