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Calendario Romano

Piero Pazzi is an Italian photographer who wanted to expand beyond his souvenir calendar of Venetian gondoliers. Picking another Italian city whose streets are filled with American tourists (in this case, Rome) and combining that with the most commonly sighted Roman male (priests); he came up with the most astonishing, most tasteless, most notorious product available in Roman gift shops.

More than the boxer shorts with a photographic reproduction of the penis from Michelangelo's David, and more than the resin busts of Pope Benedict XVI with the beady eyes; this is the one gift I was compelled to bring home.

Behold, yon sexy priests:

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Padre Marzo gets my vote for the Most Open for Interpretation award.

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And it ends with a Papal chronology — because, it's really an educational calendar:

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If you're interested in ordering one of your own, you could try here in September, after their summer vacation.

Comments

Um. Forget the calendars. Where can I get a hot priest?

Christy, you have to be an alter boy first.
Ba-dum-dum

Thank you! I'm here all week!

i like the march edition... hmm .. hehehehe

i like the march & july edition.. harharhar

You can buy the 2007 calendario online from August 1 at http://www.calendarioromano.co.uk

i'm going back to church
lol