Padua
About Padua
Padua is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza. With a population of 207,694 as of 2025, Padua is the third-largest city in Veneto. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua–Treviso–Venice metropolitan area (PATREVE), which has a population of around 2,600,000.
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The anatomist Matteo Colombo, professor at Padua, claimed to have discovered it. He called it Amor Veneris, Velducedo, or whatever, which is the love or sweetness of Venus. Then it says it had been known earlier to women.
from 55: No Such Thing As Samurai Nail Clippers, 2015-04-03 at 00:28:17 · read transcript
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This is in Brazil. It's a lady. She's a grandmother in Brazil. She, as part of her faith, would pray to Saint Anthony of Padua. Apart from her grandchildren, realized that she wasn't praying to a figurine of Saint Anthony of Padua at all. She was praying to a figure of Elrond, Lord of Riverdale, the Lord of the Rings. She'd been praying to this elf every single day for a couple of years.
322: No Such Thing As A Crown Of Willie Thornes, 2020-05-22 · listen
There is a modern day follower of the Franciscan faith, and this is in Brazil. It's a lady. She's a grandmother in Brazil, and she, as part of her faith, would pray to St. Anthony of Padua. Apart from her grandchildren, realized that she wasn't praying to a figurine of St. Anthony of Padua at all. She was praying to a figure of Elrond, Lord of Riverdale, the Lord of the Rings.
No Such Thing As A Crown Of Willie Thornes, 2020-05-22 · listen
They were mostly in the winter in the European theatres, because it was just too hot in the summer and they needed to make a dissection, take a couple of weeks, a full dissection would take weeks. I really like the rules that you had of who was doing the cutting up. In Padua, there was a lector, a sector and an ostenzel. Those were the three jobs that you would have.
382: No Such Thing As A Waiter Made Of Potatoes, 2021-07-16 · listen
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