In Rome today the sun emerged from hiding at 06:34.  It will re-submerge at 19:49. The Ave Maria Bell, you ask?   Why, 20:00, of course! 

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At the blog A Catholic Life there is an interesting post, with a graphic, that explains how, over the years, fasting changed for liturgical vigils.

In Rome the sun rose at 06:37 and it will set at 19:47. The Ave Maria should ring at 20:00. Today is a 4th class

Annunciation by John Donne (+1631): Salvation to all that will is nigh; That All, which always is all everywhere, Which cannot sin, and yet all