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A saint named for this city wrote an autobiographical treatise about her life in Ferrara in The Seven Spiritual Weapons. A jurist from this city allegedly taught law from behind a curtain so that her students would not be distracted by her beauty. Ge’ez, Gujarati, and Algonquin were supposedly spoken fluently by a polyglot cardinal from this city. This city may have been the first in the world to abolish slavery through its Liber Paradisus. The rivals Bulgarus and Martinus Gosia belonged to a group from this city that studied under (*) Irnerius. The “Four Doctors” of this city offered differing interpretations of the Corpus Juris Civilis. An institution (-5[1])in this city included (10[1])Laura Bassi and Dante among its students. (-5[1])For 10 points, named this Italian city home to the oldest continuously-operating university in the world. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Bologna [accept the University of Bologna; accept the “Four Doctors of Bologna”; accept Catherine of Bologna]
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Brendan BethlehemCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity107-5
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCambridge11110
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp FrancekitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz118-5
Joseph CollinsGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczLimp Francekit13410
Afham RaoofDefying SuavityCien Años de Quizboledad13510

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%0%88.00
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