De Chocolatis Potu Diatribe

Essay Concerning The Drinking Of Chocolate

Book • 1664

De Chocolatis Potu Diatribe, written by Cardinal Francesco Maria Brancaccio in 1664, is a treatise that argues against the notion that drinking chocolate constitutes breaking the fast during religious fast-days.

The work includes an ode by Aloysius Ferronius, praising both the chocolate tree and Brancaccio's stance on the issue.

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Dominic Sandbrook during a discussion about the Catholic Church's stance on chocolate.

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