Some Swedes will be delighted to learn that not only was there a historical d'Artagnan, but also a real life cardinal named Mazarin. But I have yet to find a historical person named Loranga.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loranga,_Masarin_och_Dartanjan...

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PokemonNoGo an hour ago | parent | next [-]

https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Anga :D

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Bayart 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There were in fact two Mazarin cardinals. The one people know about, who happened to be one of the major statesmen in Europe at the time, and his brother who was notoriously useless.

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Ylpertnodi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> his brother who was notoriously useless.

So, he became a priest? (Father Ted [a literary classic] reference)

	▲	throw0101d 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> So, he became a priest? (Father Ted [a literary classic] reference) Galileo had (illegitimate) daughters but was unable to find husbands for them, so their remaining options were to become nuns. One seems to have quite brilliant, but the other a drunk: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%27s_Daughter Back in the day the Church was the social safety net of society, so many folks ended up in monasteries as a form of charity for folks that would perhaps otherwise would have no other way to support themselves.